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Recent content by ztalbott

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    Do PCUSA believe "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God."?

    It seems like you are WANTING a certain answer. One thing about the PCUSA, as with the Reformed movement throughout history, is that there simply aren't dogmatic proclamations like the Catholics make, etc. As another poster has already pointed out there are a variety of views in the PCUSA, but...
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    Do PCUSA believe "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God."?

    I would encourage you to go to the PCUSA constitution (specifically the Book of Order) and read what we believe about scripture. You can download both parts of our Constitution (the Book of Confessions and the Book of Order) for free from PCUSA.org. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments...
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    Best Reformed/Calvinist Study Bible?

    Yeah I ordered the burgundy as well. It hasn't even shipped yet according to ligioner.com.
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    Best Reformed/Calvinist Study Bible?

    Not all of them... The hardcover preorders have mostly shipped. I preordered the Genuine Leather, and they are starting to ship this week.
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    Reformation Study Bible

    There's no way any study Bible could hold the entire Presbyterian Book of Confessions either, but these study Bibles just have some of the "main" confessional standards (usually the Westminster standards and the Three Forms of Unity --- some also include the London Baptist Confession). The...
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    Reformation Study Bible

    I have the notes from the Lutheran Study Bibles in my Olive Tree App on my iPad, and they are good. I still think the NIV Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible is the best of the bunch, and I am thankful that I was able to find a brand new "top grain leather" edition on Ebay a few months ago...
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    Reformation Study Bible

    Barmen, yes, but Belhar not yet... we are currently voting on it, though the Presbyteries seem on track to ratify its inclusion in the PCUSA Book of Confessions. But what I was referring to is the latest confessional standard included in the Reformation Study Bible, which is the 1689 London...
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    Best Reformed/Calvinist Study Bible?

    I pre-ordered the new Reformation Study Bible a couple months ago in burgundy leather, and mine still hasn't come. I've seen on several threads in different forums that folks are starting to receive theirs, so I hope mine comes soon. I love the ESV Study Bible as well, but it is just so HUGE...
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    Reformation Study Bible

    I'm out of town through Thursday, but I hope mine is waiting on me when I get home. I got the email from R.C. Sproul today saying "They're here..." Glad to hear folks are starting to receive them already. Can't wait! And @Epistemes... I use the NRSV New Interpreters and the Oxford Annotated...
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    Reformation Study Bible

    Yes, I did... I haven't checked it out yet, though. But so far I absolutely am LOVING it. It's got a LOT more content than the Reformation Study Bible, but there are pros and cons to that --- It's almost way too big to carry to church, but it's definitely something folks serious about Bible...
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    Reformation Study Bible

    Got my ESV Study Bible today... already spent more than an hour enamored looking through it. It's HUGE. Will post more once I've had time to spend quality time with it.
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    Has anyone read Calvin's "Institutes"?

    Google Coffee with Calvin (not the devotional book by McKim, though it's good too)... It's a reading plan that will take you through the Institutes in a year.
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    Reformed Anglicanism

    All very interesting... I didn't realize there was such a thing as Reformed Anglicanism today — though there were certainly Reformed men in the Anglican Church at different parts of history (some of whom lost their heads for it).
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    Arminian Presbyterian

    Thanks for the link....it will vary greater from congregation to congregation in the PC(USA) than it will in, say, the PCA. That is true.