John Leland’s Fourth of July Oration
By admin | July 4, 2008
John Leland, born in Grafton, Massachusetts, served for a while in Virginia and then back in Massachusetts. This was part of his 4th of July 1802 oration:
. . . Disdain mean suspicion, but cherish manly jealousy; be always jealous of your liberty, your rights.
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A Colonial Baptist Plea for Relief from Taxation
By admin | July 3, 2008
A Colonial Baptist Plea for Relief from Taxation
In 1775, the Baptists sent this resolution to the Massachusetts General Court.
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A Baptist Plea for Religious Liberty from 1774
By admin | July 2, 2008
A Baptist Plea for Religious Liberty from 1774
The Warren (Rhode Island) Baptist Association sent Isaac Backus (1724-1806), a prominent pastor from Middleborough, Massachusetts, to the Continental Congress in 1774. This is part of their plea for religious liberty seeking help from the Continental Congress:
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Baptists and Religious Liberty
By admin | July 1, 2008
Baptists and Religious Liberty
In this week leading up to Independence Day, we will reprint some interesting Baptist material on freedom. We will begin with the struggle for religious liberty in the American Colonies, and next week continue with the problem of Slavery in the new nation. Two great New Englanders, Isaac Backus and John Leland lead the way.
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Fred Malone on The Reformed Pastor: Word and Sacrament
By admin | June 27, 2008
He must Form his Life and Ministry According to Reformed Theology
In the Reformation, the question of what constitutes a true church came to the forefront. In reaction to the medieval confusion spawned by Roman Catholicism’s view of Scripture plus tradition as God’s Word, sacramentalism, sacerdotalism and absence of true discipline in the church, the reformers called for a reassessment of biblical ecclesiology.
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Fred Malone on the Reformed Pastor: What do you Believe?
By admin | June 26, 2008
How can a pastor who wants to be biblical in his life and ministry pursue such a calling in the third millennium?
He Must Hold to Reformed Theology for Himself.
Paul told Timothy: “Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching (doctrine), persevere in these things;
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Fred Malone on The Reformed Pastor (Introduction)
By admin | June 25, 2008
This article was written by IRBS Senior Fellow Dr. Fred Malone and published in Founders Journal, Winter 2000, pp. 10-16. The original may be found here: http://www.founders.org/journal/fj39/article2.html
We will publish it in three parts.
The Reformed Pastor
Introduction
It is easy to be misunderstood when writing about “the reformed pastor.”
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The Gifts for Church Government: Deacons
By admin | June 24, 2008
Alongside of pastors, Christ gives to his church deacons. What is a deacon?
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The Gifts for Church Government: Pastors
By admin | June 23, 2008
The Gifts for Church Government: Pastors and Deacons by James M. Renihan
Our risen and ascended Savior has chosen to give gifts to his church for her benefit. These gifts are his provision for the government and well-being of the Christian assembly. There are two, elders and deacons.
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Benjamin Beddome’s Exposition of the Baptist Catechism
By admin | June 20, 2008
A couple of years ago, Mike Gaydosh and I worked together to reprint Benjamin Beddome’s A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism. It is a very useful doctrinal and practical tool. This is the introduction I wrote for that book.
Introduction by James M. Renihan, Ph.D.
At the 1693 London General Assembly of Particular Baptist churches of England and Wales the following was among the matters decided: ‘That a Catechism be drawn up, containing the substance of the Christian religion, for the instruction of children and servants, and that brother William Collins be desired to draw it up.’
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