Pastoral Admonitions, Warnings and Letters
James Dodson
A shepherd and his flock.
PASTORAL ADMONITIONS AND WARNINGS OF THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
[together with some profitable ones from other Reformed churches.]
“[The pastor] ought also to watch over the manners of his flock that the better he may apply the doctrine to them in reprehending the dissolute persons and exhorting the godly to continue in the fear of the Lord.”—Second Book of Discipline. (1572).
PASTORAL ADMONITIONS, WARNINGS AND LETTERS:
Review of Thomas Chalmers on Astronomy.-1817-Alexander McLeod.-In this review, McLeod shows how Chalmers’ arguments, though designed to defend Christianity in light of modern astronomy, actually undermine its defense. This article demonstrates that adoption of the latest theories about science on the part of the ministry is worse than useless. Indeed, it often does more harm than good.
Address to the Reformed Presbyterians and other Christians in British America.-1834-Reformed Presbyterian Church, of Scotland.-An address of counsel for those who are scattered and dispersed without any regular access to faithful ministry. These are some of the concerns that should be studied in your relative isolation in order to maintain and promote true religion.
Pagan Evils in the Church.-1851-James Renwick Willson.-In this introductory lecture at the theological school of the Reformed Presbyterian church, Dr. Willson gives his catalog of the pagan and worldly elements which have entered the church. He explains how the lust of the eye and the pride of life have allowed practices, including the use of immoral pagan literature and opulent forms of worship, into the life of the church.
A Call for a Public Fast.-2020-Presbytery of the Puritan Reformed Church in Brazil-What should the church’s response be to the demands of the state when, under pretext of plague, they call for the churches not to assemble? How should Christians response and why? The presbytery spells out both the Biblical and historical grounds for resisting such ungody commands.