Category Archives: Confessionalism

Dr. Strange Love; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Animus Impotentis

Posted on July 22, 2014 by RubeRad

Sometimes you have to write a blog post just for the sake of a good title. Episode 337 of Christ the Center featured Dr. Alan Strange, discussing “Animus Impotentis”. Dr. Strange is rather a cut-up, and makes this discussion of … Continue reading →

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NCC 5

Posted on February 3, 2014 by RubeRad

This week, question 5: What else did God create? God created all things by his powerful Word, and all his creation was very good; everything flourished under his loving rule. The verse is fitting, Gen 1:31, “God saw all that he … Continue reading →

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NCC 4

Posted on January 27, 2014 by RubeRad

This week, question 4: How and why did God create us? God created us male and female in his own image to know him, love him, live with him, and glorify him. And it is right that we who were … Continue reading →

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NCC 3

Posted on January 20, 2014 by RubeRad

This week, question 3: How many persons are there in God? There are three persons in the one true and living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are the same in substance, equal in power and … Continue reading →

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NCC 2

Posted on January 13, 2014 by RubeRad

OK, on to question 2: What is God? God is the creator and sustainer of everyone and everything. He is eternal, infinite, and unchangeable in his power and perfection, goodness and glory, wisdom, justice and truth. Nothing happens except through … Continue reading →

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NCC 1

Posted on January 6, 2014 by RubeRad

Lord willing and time permitting (which I guess is redundant), tonight at dinner begins my family’s year of working through the New City Catechism (introductory thoughts here…). Last year I never got around to it, but I’ve got another opportunity … Continue reading →

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NCC in 2013?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by RubeRad

So, obviously, the Outhouse has been especially lonely lately. A new year is coming up, and since my family’s catechesis has also fallen on hard times over the past few months, I am considering taking the family through NCC in … Continue reading →

Posted in Catechesis, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, Family, New City Catechism, Reformed piety, Review, Tim Keller | 4 Comments

Thoughts on the New City Catechism

Posted on November 24, 2012 by RubeRad

Last time, we noticed that The Gospel Coalition (Tim Keller and Sam Shammas) had released a new catechism, named the New City Catechism (direct PDF download). Heidelblog has already provided a good deal of helpful commentary, which I don’t want to … Continue reading →

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Non-Westminster Catechism

Posted on October 16, 2012 by RubeRad

Speaking of creating a new catechism… I’m in favor of revising confessions and catechisms, in principle. For instance, I think we could use some language about male ordination. And how about nailing down IAOC? It would be nice to replace … Continue reading →

Posted in Catechesis, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, DG Hart, Education, Family, Links, New City Catechism, Old Life, Spiritual discipline, Tim Keller | 12 Comments

WCF Says No on Gay Marriage

Posted on June 14, 2012 by RubeRad

To pull a trick from Zrim’s bag, I think it’s time for a re-post, revised and expanded for our current times (because if the Outhouse is about anything, it’s about Relevance!) The question came up what (R/W/Z)2K’ers think of the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Conservative, Applied Christianity, Church and State, Civil religion, Confessionalism, Confessions, Conservatism, Culture War, Family, Liberty, Liberty of Conscience, Natural Law, News and culture, Reformed Confessionalism, Spirituality of the Church, Two-kingdoms | 200 Comments

Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 5, 2012 by RubeRad

Since I’ve been really busy lately, I thought I’d take a break from Thesis Thursday. (Even though we’re in the home stretch — just three lectures left!) Everybody knows about Good Friday, the day of the crucifixion, but for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Calvin, Calvinism, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, History, Protestantism/Catholicism, The Lord's Supper, Worship | 12 Comments

Thesis Thursday

Posted on March 22, 2012 by RubeRad

We’re up to Lecture 35, and Thesis XXII, where it seems that Walther is rejecting prevenient, resistible grace (but using different words). It is a great and awful sin not to draw any soul that has been entrusted to us … Continue reading →

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Thesis Thursday

Posted on March 15, 2012 by RubeRad

In Lecture 34, Walther continues rejecting Ex Opere Operato: At our last meeting we barely began to discuss the important contents of the twenty-first thesis, viz., that Law and Gospel are not properly divided, the one from the other, when … Continue reading →

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How We Know Sola Fide is So Important

Posted on February 10, 2012 by RubeRad

It seems that at some point we’ll have to have some discussion here in the ‘house of the most recent Frame job. Horton, in his response, captures very well a thought I’ve had before: This is ironic…that someone who is … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Church relations, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, Federal Vision, Horton, John Frame, Justification, Law/Gospel Distinction, Lutheranism, Mike Horton, Protestant slogans, Quotes, Sanctification, The gospel, The Protestant Reformation, Two-kingdoms, W2K, Westminster Seminary | 8 Comments

Thesis Thursday

Posted on June 16, 2011 by RubeRad

We have now come to Lecture 6 and Thesis III Rightly distinguishing the Law and the Gospel is the most difficult and the highest art of Christians in general and of theologians in particular. It is taught only by the Holy … Continue reading →

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