R.C. Sproul is one of the best reformed instructors of our generation. He is known for his many teaching series, which comes out of Ligonier Ministries, where he takes deep, difficult doctrines and makes them understandable for the average person in the pew who has never been to Bible college or seminary. The link below is one of his most popular teaching series entitled "What Is Reformed Theology?" It is broken up into 12 segments, each one around 25 minutes. If you watch these, I am certain you will have a solid grasp of Reformed Theology and a greater appreciation for it.
By: Thomas F. Booher I can't think of a better way to get labeled a legalist than to title a post like this. Hopefully by the end you will not see this as legalism and will see this as what it is- my attempt at describing what I believe is proper ecclesiology as defined by God in Scripture. So then, what is church? What does Scripture say we should be doing and not doing on Sunday mornings? That's what I want to explore. The Bible says to gather together in Christ's name; to teach, encourage, and admonish one another; to sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in our hearts to God (Heb. 10:24-25; Mat. 18:20; Col. 3:16). There are to be deacons (Acts 6:1-6) and elders (Ti. 1:5) in the church who act as overseers, and in the case of elders, are the shepherds of the flock who teach the word and rebuke with authority (Ti. 1:9). God must call one to be a pastor/elder (Eph. 4:11). As such those who are called by God to preach the word are held to a
I'm fairly sure I have a book by R. C. Sproul around the house somewhere even though I'm not a Calvinist (I'm Catholic).
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If you are interested, I've also given you the Versatile Blogger award and hope it gets you some more readers for your blog. Read about it at: http://linalamont.blogspot.com/2012/02/lina-lamont-gets-fourth-blogging-award.html