Tag Archives: OPC

The Grandaddy of Reformed Anti-Lutheranism

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 30, 2011
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Not that reviews of books at Amazon.com are ever adequate or trustworthy, the one for Ian Hewitson’s book on the Shepherd Controversy is revealing and adds context to the current polemics among militant critiques of Lutheranism from biblical theologians. The initial hostility in Presbyterian circles to Lutheran notions of justification came from Norman Shepherd. The… Read More→

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Singing Lutheran Theology from a Presbyterian Hymnal

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 28, 2011

I myself have never been impressed by the adage that ordinary believers learn more theology from hymns than from sermons or teaching. But recent frequent singing of “The Law of God Is Good and Wise” (1863) has led me to hope that the adage is true. Here is the text: The law of God is… Read More→

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No Fooling: Only Two Weeks Left To Apply

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 1, 2011

OPC Summer Institute 2011 The Shiloh Retreat in Jefferson, New Hampshire, will be the site of the 2011 Orthodox Presbyterian Summer Institute, May 24-26, 2011. The Summer Institute offers a glimpse of ministry in the OPC through an intensive time of study, reflection, and conversation. These seminars are part of a broader strategy to reconnect… Read More→

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Where Have All the Presbyterians Gone? They Joined Networks

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 16, 2011

Russell Moore, academic dean at Southern Baptist Seminary, wrote a piece for the Wall Street Journal that attracted the attention of many Presbyterians thanks to his title, “Where Have All the Presbyterians Gone?” Since Moore is a Southern Baptist, perhaps he should not have weighed in on matters Presbyterian. But then again, asking the question… Read More→

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To Ask and Tell, or Not to Ask and Tell: This is the Contradiction

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 2, 2010

Rabbi Bret is baaaaaaack from vacation (apparently) and he didn’t waste anytime piling on his favorite virus – the infectious disease known as Radical 2K. He reports that the URCNA Synod has decided to send a letter to the U.S. Armed Services official, drafted by the Presbyterian and Reformed Joint Commission on Chaplains and Miltary… Read More→

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Time Heals Wounds

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 11, 2010

Today is not only the birthday of the OPC. Closer to home it is also the day my recently deceased dad was born. This is not the place or the time to begin sorting through my relationship to him, but a number of thoughts come to mind on this June 11th. When I first heard… Read More→

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Right Chronology, Wrong Westminster Professor

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 18, 2010

The controversial Kerux review of The Law Is Not of Faith is now available on line. I cannot get past the first sentence: “For the past thirty years, a shift in Reformed covenant theology has been percolating under the hot Southern California sun in Escondido.” This is an amazing opening because for thirty years the… Read More→

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What’s the Difference between the OPC and PCA?

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 4, 2010

In 1986 the OPC almost became part of the PCA. In the General Assembly report that laid out the rationale for Joining & Receiving, the OPC’s committee on ecumencity noted the following characteristics of the two communions. (Keep in mind that one of those denominations was 50 years old, the other only 14.) Strengths PCA… Read More→

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