Sacraments
What Luther Says: The Means of Grace
"Word and Sacraments"
The Belgic Confession of Faith: Article 33
Marks Of The Church: Church Discipline An Act of Love
Pulpit or Table: Pick Any Two: The Church Needs Both to Be Well Fed
This article wants to give encouragement to learn to cherish both preaching and the sacraments.
The Sacraments as Visible Words
What does it mean that the sacraments are signs and seals? This article looks at the relationship between covenant promises and covenant signs. It also looks at the relationship between sacraments and God's Word. The sacraments are dependent upon the Word of God.
The Confession of Faith Article 33 Of the Sacraments
Belgic Confession Articles 33-35: The Sacraments (1)
Sacramental Efficacy
This article explains the ways in which the sacraments are efficacious by virtue of participation in them. The Lord's Supper is a means by which the church manifests itself as one body, and baptism effects membership in the church and displays the shape of the church and its position over against the world.
The Means of Grace
This article explains how the preaching of the gospel and the sacraments are two gifts God gave to his church for her growth.
The Visible Word
Is there value in showing a video in a worship service in order to press home the truth of the Scriptures? This article shows that God has given the church the sacraments as the Word for our eyes.
Baptism
In this article, the place of the sacraments is discussed. A brief account is given of the origin of baptism and the Lord's Supper. Special focus is laid on the sacrament of baptism, especially its covenantal aspect. The matter of infant baptism is also addressed.
The Sacraments
What constitutes a sacrament? There are four elements, and the article explains them
Seeing Is Believing: Signs and Seals of the Covenant of Grace
What are sacraments? Sacraments are tokens of the Lord's love leading believers to communion with God. This article explains the meaning of sacraments as signs and seals, and as means of grace. It then looks at the meaning of baptism and the Lord's Supper and how they function as signs and seals.
Using the Sacraments
The Means of Grace
Word and Sacrament in Worship
What is the role of preaching and the sacraments in the worship service? Through these means, God assures believers of the promises of Scripture. The author also discusses the practice of the altar call - does this practice also confirm the gospel?
Basics of the Reformed Faith: The Sacraments
What are sacraments? This article shows that sacraments are visible signs and seals of God’s invisible grace promised to his people in the gospel. Both baptism and Lord's Supper point us to the work of Christ.
The Sacraments Matter
The sacraments are an important part of church worship. A failure to guard the Lord's Supper table and to celebrate the sacraments in a biblical way led to the formation of the Christian Reformed Church, when she seceded from Reformed Church of America in 1857.
The Idea and Importance of the Sacraments (3)
Not only does God tell us about His love and grace, but He also makes them visible to us in the sacraments. This article discusses the sacraments and the church and why there are only two sacraments.
The Idea and Importance of the Sacraments (2)
Not only does God tell us about His love and grace, but He also makes them visible to us in the sacraments. This article discusses sacraments as seals and as a means of grace.
The Idea and Importance of the Sacraments (1)
Not only does God tell us about His love and grace, but He also makes them visible to us in the sacraments. This article is about the sacraments as signs of grace.
The Means of Grace
The preaching of the gospel and the sacraments are two gifts God gave to His church for her growth.
The Sacraments
Genesis 15 - Our Covenant God: A God of Promises
Looking at Genesis 15, this article shows how God binds Himself to His people in the covenant through the promise of salvation. In this article, the author shows how this promise comes both verbally and visually, linking it to the preaching of the Word and the sacraments (baptism and the Lord's Supper).
The Four-Door Labyrinth - The Sacraments
Many divisions between church denominations can be traced back to differences in four doctrines: sola scriptura, freewill, the relationship between the Old and New covenant, and the sacraments. In this article, the author discusses the different positions on whether or not the sacraments are a means of grace.
Zwingli on the Unity of the Church
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:1
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:1 is about Lord's Supper and sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 28:1 (Part one)
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 28:1 is about baptism and sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:5
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:5 is about the sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 28:1 (Part two)
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 28:1 is about baptism, sacraments and salvation.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:5 and 6
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:5 and 6 is about the Lord's Supper and sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:7 and 8
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:7 and 8 is about the Lord's Supper and sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:3 and 4
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:3 and 4 is about the Lord's Supper and sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:2
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 29:2 is about Lord's Supper and sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:1
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:1 is about the sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:3
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:3 is about the sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:2
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:2 is about the sacraments.
Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:4
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 27:4 is about the sacraments.
Paedocommunion and the Reformed Confessions
The Means of Grace: The Sacraments
A Discussion of "The Necessity of Reforming the Church" by John Calvin
This article is about Calvin's view of the reformation of the church. The author discusses Calvin's view on worship, justification, sacraments, and church government.
The Sacraments
This article discusses different views of the sacraments. The author also looks at the sacraments as a sign and seal.