Rev. Coleborn is a pastor in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. For a better understanding of our Reformed heritage, we will briefly attempt to compare the practices or church orders of the historic Continental Reformed churches as found in the Order of Dordrecht (Dordt), and the historic Reformed church…
The reviewer is a minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. Hyper-Calvinism and the Call of the Gospel, by David J. Engelsma. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformed Free Publishing Association, revised edition 1994. 216 pp. $10.95 (paper). [Reviewed by Rev. Chris Coleborn.] This book by Prof. Engelsma basically deals with…
* Last year, Presbyterians celebrated the 350th anniversary of the meeting of the Westminster Assembly. This assembly produced the confessional, catechetical, and church political documents of the Presbyterian churches- the Westminster Standards. This article commemorates the historic event of the calling of the assembly. The Rev. Chris Coleborn is pastor…
Rev. Coleborn is a pastor in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. For a better understanding of our Reformed heritage, we will briefly attempt to compare the practices or church orders of the historic Continental Reformed churches as found in the Order of Dordrecht (Dordt), and the historic Reformed church…
Rev. Coleborn is pastor of the Brisbane Congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. Brethren of the P.R.C. Synod, Thank you for the privilege of inviting me to address you. I bring Christian greetings from the E.P.C. Synod, and the prayer that the Lord would keep you in. His…
Rev. Coleborn is a pastor in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. Part 1 of this continued article appeared in the preceding issue of the SB. Summary of the Church Order The main subjects that the Book of Discipline and the Book of Common Order dealt with are as follows:…
Rev. Coleborn is a pastor in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. Introduction One of the primary documents of the Scottish Reformation is The First Book of Discipline. It is a document for the ordering of the life of the Reformed Church in Scotland drawn up at the dawn of…