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A course on Reformed ethics

Posted in Audio Resources, Uncategorized on June 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Interested in auditing or participating in a Reformed ethics course, from a historic, Scottish Presbyterian perspective?

A few years back, our small denomination decided to start up an in-house ministerial training program, especially for practical reasons such as preventing more debt for our students and enabling them to remain at home, keep their secular employment, and preserve ties with our congregations.

A committee of presbytery is presently exploring whether we might make our seminary course offerings available at an undergraduate level—with corresponding adaptations of academic requirement—for the personal enrichment of folks in our own denomination, the training and continuing education of our church officers, and then more broadly in the communities where we serve and beyond. (And personally, I would also like to explore making such courses available in Spanish, with sufficient assistance.)

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Pointers on preparation

Posted in Articles, Audio Resources, Christian Life & Experience, Church of Scotland, Experimental Religion & the Cure of Souls, Free Church of Scotland, Practice of Piety, Sacraments, The Lord's Supper, WPE Editor on June 5, 2025| 1 Comment »

“Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation [judgment] to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body” (1 Cor. 11:27-28).

How should you prepare for the Lord’s Supper? A few thoughts for those who have come to appreciate the theology, practice, and piety of confessional Presbyterianism around the celebration Communion.

First, dedicate time ahead of time. You cannot put things off until Saturday night. Nor can you just let attendance at a midweek preparatory service ‘check the box.’ You need to begin to schedule in some meaningful time, in addition to your regular personal and family seasons of worship, to be one on one with God. Adjust your week’s schedule early, especially if you have more responsibilities surrounding the weekend, such as food preparation, etc. And husbands, be especially mindful of your wives. Help plan ahead and streamline things so that preparation doesn’t get eclipsed, helping the children step up–and even stepping up yourself!

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