Presbyterian

Table of Contents

Presbyterian

Preface

The New Testament Period

The Early Church

The Reformation

In Scotland

In England

The Westminster Confession of Faith

To The New World

Church Government

The Episcopal (Anglican) System – Monarchy or Prelacy

The Congregational System – Democracy

The Presbyterian System - Republic

Reformed Theology

Centered On God

The Sovereignty of God

The Knowledge of God

The Presence of God

The Holiness of God

The Justice of God

The Goodness of God

Based On God's Word - Sola Scriptura

Committed to Faith Alone - Sola Fide

Devoted to Christ

Prophet

Priest

King

Humanity's Radical Corruption

Original Sin

Moral Ability

God's Sovereign Choice

Conditional / Unconditional?

The Order of Salvation

Christ's Purposeful Atonement

Nature Not Extent

The Spirit's Effective Call

Monergistic Regeneration

Resistible Grace

God's Preservation of the Saints

Conclusion

Covenant Theology

The Covenant of Redemption

The Covenant of Grace

The Covenant of Works

The Adamic Covenant – The Covenant of Commencement

The Noahic Covenant – The Covenant of Preservation

The Abrahamic Covenant – The Covenant of Promise

The Mosaic Covenant – The Covenant of Law

The Davidic Covenant – The Covenant of the Kingdom

The New Covenant – The Covenant of Consummation

Conditional or Unconditional?

Continuity or Discontinuity?

Dispensationalism

Worship

The Lord's Supper

Means of Grace

Covenant Rite, Covenant Renewal

Candidates for the Lord’s Supper

Baptism

Illustrated in Jewish Ceremonies Referred to in the Book of

Hebrews

Illustrated in the Association of John’s Baptism with Purification

Illustrated in the Practice of Baptizing Furnishings and People

Illustrated in the Question of John Being the Messiah

Illustrated in our Lord’s Baptism

Illustrated in the Relationship of Water Baptism to the Holy Spirit

Illustrated in the Sprinkling of the Blood

Summary:

What is a Church?

The Nature of the Church

The Marks of a Church

Church Membership