What It Means to Be Reformed (10): The Church: My Chief Joy (3)
This editorial examines what it means to be truly Reformed, focusing on the church as one of five essential elements of Reformed identity. Gritters explains the three marks of the true church (particularly pure preaching and proper sacrament administration) and argues that proper worship—restored during the Reformation—is central to identifying a genuinely Reformed congregation.
Previous article in this series: October 15, 2015, p. 29. Am I Reformed? Is my church Reformed? These are important questions for those who identify as such. And these are the questions we have been answering in this series of editorials -- partly because being Reformed is somewhat faddish these days, and many "New Calvinists" are not Reformed, even if they make that claim. It's not that they are as fake as the "Siwss-Made" watch my brother bought for five dollars in Mexico when we were boys...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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