Tag Archives: Westminster Confession of Faith

No Running!!!

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Pete Rambo

As a child, I LOVED visiting the pool. Maybe a neighbor’s pool or summer camp, etc. Hot and humid South Carolina weather made the cool clear waters a wonderful respite. Most pools we visited had some form of posted rules. … Continue reading →

Posted in A Thought... | Tagged ceremonial law, detestable, Feast of Booths, john wesley, Lutheran, Martin Luther, maturity in christ, pca church, PCA news, pig, pool rules, pork, reformation, reformed, swine, Torah, Westminster Confession of Faith | 5 Comments

Aspartame vs. Honey

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Pete Rambo

A number of months ago, I began using honey in my morning coffee instead of refined sugar. In fact, because we have bees, my wife began substituting honey in a number of places in our family’s diet. Well, late last … Continue reading →

Posted in A Thought... | Tagged aspartame, doctrines of men, honey, honey bear, John Calvin, john knox, Martin Luther, pagan holidays, roman catholic, sweetners, theology, Torah, Truth, Westminster Confession of Faith | 5 Comments

Houses Built on Rock and Sand

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Pete Rambo

Is your house built on the Rock? Most do not know what that means!! Do you? Sure? Keep reading. We’ve all read the parable, and if we were raised in the church, we had multiple Sunday School or VBS lessons … Continue reading →

Posted in Deeper Study | Tagged ARP, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Christian, ELCA, Jesus, Lutheran, PCA, Presbyterian Church in America, Sermon on the Mount, Torah, Westminster Confession of Faith, Yahweh, Yeshua | 5 Comments

10 Paradigm-shifting Old Testament Verses

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Pete Rambo

A few days ago I published a piece titled ‘10 Paradigm-shifting New Testament Verses.’ It was a piece that generated more discussion than anything I have published to date on this blog. Great discussion thread!! Good! Discussion and thinking are … Continue reading →

Posted in Deeper Study | Tagged abraham, Arminius, Baptist, Bunyan, commandments, false doctrine, false messiah, false theology, forever, Grass withers, Jesus, John Calvin, keeping commandments, Martin Luther, Presbyterian, prophecy, righteousness, roman catholic, Roman Catholicism, theology, Torah, Westminster Confession of Faith, Yahweh, Yeshua, YHWH | 12 Comments

10 Paradigm-shifting New Testament Verses

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Pete Rambo

Maybe I’m the only person this happens to, but have you ever read a verse that you’ve read a 100 times, but suddenly you ‘see’ it totally differently? Like a bolt of lightning, or a V-8 moment, you suddenly understand … Continue reading →

Posted in Deeper Study | Tagged Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, ceremonial law, depression, error of lawlessness, lawless, lawlessness, paradigm, paradigm-shift, pop quiz, Presbyterian, prophecy, protestantism, reformed theology, Roman Catholicism, sin, Torah, Truth, Westminster Confession of Faith | 65 Comments

Puttin’ lipstick on a pig! A lil’ dab’ll do ya!

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Pete Rambo

My, the lengths we go to to justify behaving like the world. Do we understand the damage it does to us and to our children? Here is an invitation we received… followed by some thoughts. ____________________________ October 31, 2013 from … Continue reading →

Posted in A Thought... | Tagged Apostle Paul, clean, Halloween, harvest fest, harvest festival, hay ride, Hebrew Roots, Martin Luther, pig, presbyterian church, profane, Reformation Day, reformed presbyterian, reformed theology, roman catholic, syncretism, Westminster Confession of Faith, Yahweh, Yeshua | 4 Comments

The Error of Dividing the Law

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Pete Rambo

For centuries, millenia, really, Christendom has embraced an error that it calls the ‘Three-Fold Division of the Law.’ It is particularly prevalent in Reformed circles, sometimes even called a ‘cornerstone’ of reformed teaching. Most all other main streams of theology … Continue reading →

Posted in Deeper Study | Tagged antisemitism, ARP, ceremonial law, Christian, civil law, EPC, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, feasts, Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin, Jonathan Bayes, Martin Luther, Messianic, moral law, OPC, PCA, Philip Ross, religion, roman catholic, theology, threefold division, Torah, Truth, WCF, Westminster Confession of Faith, Yahweh, Yeshua | 24 Comments

Of elephants and theologians….

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Pete Rambo

On an unnamed blog that I read from time to time, the question was asked, We understand that the Old Covenant was inaugurated with blood (Ex. 34) and its terms were verbally established for God’s people through the giving of … Continue reading →

Posted in Debate/Discussion | Tagged antisemitism, Apostle Paul, ARP, Christian, covenantal theology, elders, elephant, EPC, Jesus, KPC, Martin Luther, Messianic, New Covenant, New Covenant Theology, OPC, pastors, PCA, reformed theology, religion, roman catholic, theologians, theology, Torah, Truth, WCF, Westminster Confession of Faith, Yahweh, Yeshua | 25 Comments

What are the ‘sacred writings…?’

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Pete Rambo

Lately, I have been feverishly working to finish an extended study of the Book of Ezra. Part of my study today brought a familiar verse to mind, so I took a quick look. You know this one. Rav Shaul (Paul), … Continue reading →

Posted in Deeper Study | Tagged 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Apostle Paul, Hebraic, heresy, heretic, Martin Luther, roman catholic, Timothy, Torah, WCF, WCF falsehood, WCF on the Law, WCF XIX, Westminster Confession of Faith, Word of God, Yahweh | 3 Comments

By what standard?? Pray tell!

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Pete Rambo

… I can tell you what is NOT the standard!!

The Westminster Confession of Faith is NOT the standard!!
The 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith is NOT the standard!!
The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church are NOT the standard!!
The Confessions of the Lutheran Church are NOT the standard!! …. Continue reading →