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• The Puritan Board2026-10-12✓ Read

  Thomas Watson

  I must confess I have never read Thomas Watson. But with all the excitement over RHB’s release of his complete works, I figure I ought to read something by him. What is something short by him, 20-50 pages (including excerpts from longer works), that I should read to get a taste of his style and where I should prioritize him compared to Knox, Owen, Flavel, Warfield, Edwards, and others who I’m considering diving into more deeply? Thanks.

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-11✓ Read

  McMahon's Weekly Expository Sermons Online at APM

  This new thread starts a new series in preaching. We are going through basics of the Christian life. SERMON 1: Contending: The Saint’s Necessity to Contend for the Faith, Jude 1:3, (April 15, 2018). SERMON 2: Resolving: The Christian’s Resolve to Do Great Works for God, Neh. 6:1-4, (April 22, 2018). SERMON 3: Separating: Remember Lot’s Wife, Luke 17:20-37, (April 29, 2018).

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-10✓ Read

  AI surveillance in churches?

  How much privacy should you expect at church? Imagine a world where high-control pastors monitor movements of every staff member, church member or visitor using artificial intelligence. bap

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-09✓ Read

  Best Printed Greek Old Testament

  Good morning, I’m currently taking Greek, and I’ve enjoyed learning the language so far. Thinking to the future, I’d like to add a Greek OT to my future book list, but I need some guidance on which one is most recommended. I’ve not seen much more than the Rahlfs-Hanhart Septuaginta online as

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-09✓ Read

  Looking for resources to deal with Dan Mcllellan

  Hello saints, I have a friend in work who is interested in the Bible, but unfortunately is a watcher of Dan Mcllellan. When I was a Roman Catholic, theories of Dan Mcllellan, Bart Erhman and others were taking as fact, we had a priest-lecturer in seminary who believed Jesus was not portrayed

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-09✓ Read

  Christian Music

  Hey Everyone, I’m always looking for new Christian songs. The problem is as both a musician and someone with a love of theology I feel like it is hard to find a song with both good lyrics and good music. Thought I’d throw this out on the board curious if you had any suggestions on some songs or bands to check out.

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-08✓ Read

  Who in the Seminary EDU space should I contact about ReformedWiki.org?

  Back in August 2023, I began an effort to build a Wikipedia-like site (uses the same software MediaWiki) to build a community-edited wiki but for Reformed Christianity known as ReformedWiki.org There is a lot of possibilities for what can be done with this, and I have begun getting a lot more

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-08✓ Read

  πνευματικαῖς in Eph. 5:19, Col. 3:16

  EPers only, please. Why is the Greek word πνευματικαῖς (spiritual) added to the words "psalms, hymns, and songs", which appear often in the superscriptions of the psalter (all of them appearing together in the superscriptions to 2 psalms)? What is Paul adding to the argument by supplying this adjective? I have heard a non-EP explanation and I would now like to know what those who practice Exclusive Psalmody say. Thanks in advance!

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-08✓ Read

  Was Jesus Leaving or Entering Jericho When He Healed Bartimaeus?

  The relevant passages in the synoptic Gospels are Mt. 20:29, Mk. 10:46, and Lk. 18:35. I stand unsatisfied with the following reconciliations: Calvin: Bartimaeus indeed cried out when Jesus drew near Jericho, but he wasn’t heard because of the crowd. To keep the account clear, Luke bypassed

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-08✓ Read

  The book of Joel?

  When was it written, in your opinion? A) Pre-Exilic or B) Post-Exilic I have my thoughts on why I lean one way over the other, but desire the knowledge of others. So please, jump in and let's discuss this. TIA

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-07✓ Read

  Our Bonds for Him Easy to Us

  In searching references from reading in Lamentations 1 this morning, found this encouraging word from Matthew Henry out of his commentary on John 18: Christ’s being bound was very significant; in this as in other things there was a mystery. [1.] Before they bound him, he had bound himself by

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-06✓ Read

  Notifications on moderated/removed threads

  When a thread is removed due to moderation, is it possible to remove the text of the thread but leave the title and in replace the first post with a notification? This would prevent wasting a bunch of time looking for something that isn’t there.

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-06✓ Read

  Father Josiah?

  I was talking to a guy at my job yesterday who is Greek Orthodox, and we were talking about what they believe. Anyway, he ended up telling me about this guy father Josiah, and I looked him up real quick, and I will say I was very impressed with some of his insights. Are any of you familiar with

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-05✓ Read

  Phone options for a teenager

  Hi friends, I'm doing some research on my parents' behalf into a good phone to get for my sister. She is starting to drive and my parents would like her to have a phone with the ability to call, text, and use GPS. However, they would also like the phone to have very minimal / no internet access. If anyone has good phone options, experience in this search or good advice I would be glad to hear it. Thank you!

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-04✓ Read

  Particularly insightful Ai answer to an enduring theological question

  At times I pose questions in Ai to test it’s accuracy and reliability, or see if I am missing any points of understanding regarding this or that theological topic. I found this answer particularly insightful and thought I would share it. Not interested in controversy or debate; however, constructive feedback from both sides is welcome.

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-03✓ Read

  Owen’s Commentary on Hebrews vol. 1

  [PREFATORY NOTICES I.—TO THE CHRISTIAN READER CHRISTIAN READER, IF thou intendest to engage any part of thy time in the perusal of the ensuing Discourses and Exposition, it may not be amiss to take along with thee the consideration of some things, concerning the design and aim of their author

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-03✓ Read

  Interesting article that relates to what I’ve been studying

  According to the Scriptures – Essentials in BT Series — Center for Evangelical Biblical Theology The following essay is a summary and evaluation of C. H. Dodd's "According to the Scriptures." EBTS is a series of essays that carefully engages with the most important works in BT from an evangelical perspective.

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-03✓ Read

  Their Conversion is Their Redemption

  Matthew Henry (Commentary, Isaiah 1): The reformation of a people will be the redemption of them and their converts, for sin is the worst captivity, the worst slavery, and the great and eternal redemption is that by which Israel is redeemed from all his iniquities (Ps. 130:8), and the blessed

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-03✓ Read

  Putin warns of nuclear action if his red line is crossed

  In our English-language newspaper here in Cyprus: Putin: world is living through a dangerous moment, warns West not to escalate Here in Cyprus we are in proximity to the EU and UK, and also to the Middle East, and to fall-out.. In Revelation 9:15 we have this prophecy: “And the four angels

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• The Puritan Board2026-10-02✓ Read

  PCA New Members Class

  For those in the PCA in particular, how long is your church's new member's class? In other words, how many weeks do you meet and how long is each session?

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