The Tulip Driven Life

This is my paper for Church History class on the development of modern liberal theology and Arminian/ free will theology. It had to be written in a letter format, so I thought it would be neat, and fitting, to write it as a letter from B.B. Warfield, near his death, to Machen, regarding his concerns for Princeton, which was beginning to slip into liberalism around the time of his death in 1921. REFORMATION BIBLE COLLEGE LETTER PAPER PASSING OF THE TORCH CHURCH HISTORY BY THOMAS BOOHER SANFORD, FLORIDA APRIL, 2012 My dear friend and colleague,                 There is a churning in the pit of my stomach. My bones grow weak, and as I approach seventy years of age, I cannot help but wonder with fear and trepidation what the next seventy will hold. I write this letter as a passing of the torch from me to you. Read carefully and ...

REFORMATION BIBLE COLLEGE FINAL PAPER WORSHIP FROM 2-14 TH CENTURIES CHURCH HISTORY BY THOMAS BOOHER SANFORD, FLORIDA DECEMBER, 2011 This paper is an overview of the progression and changes to the elements and style of worship present in the 2nd-15th century church. This will encompass such components as the physical buildings for worship and their architecture, the use of pictures, images, relics, and icons, views on the Lord’s supper, liturgical books and music, initiation ceremonies, church discipline, corporate worship, preaching and teaching styles, prayers, festivals, and fasts. Time periods will be broken up into three main segments- The first to third centuries, the fourth to seventh centuries, the eighth through eleventh centuries, and the twelfth century to the time just prior to the Protestant Reformation.             The primary reference material was Oscar Hardman’s most helpful A Hist...

This is another paper I did for church history class. REFORMATION BIBLE COLLEGE ESSAY LETTER TO A FRIEND CHURCH HISTORY BY THOMAS BOOHER SANFORD, FLORIDA NOVEMBER, 2011 My dearest Edward,             I wish to write to you concerning Martin Luther, the Augustinian monk who is turning the world upside down. Since you are far away, I felt it best to inform you of all that has transpired.             As you know, I began studying under Luther at Wittenberg University this past year, upon hearing all the commotion and excitement he began stirring with his ninety-five theses. For the poor commoners like me, his words were making a lot of sense. The atmosphere has been dire and solemn as long as I can remember- the fear of eternal damnation always looming, the tears cried for loved ones in purgatory, and the lack of money to get them into heaven. [...