Worship & Belief at FPC

Our Statement of Belief at First Presbyterian Church
   in progress

What is Biblical, Reformed Worship?

The Standard
    Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter XXI, Of Religious Worship, [and the Sabbath Day]


    The light of nature shows that there is a God, who has lordship and sovereignty over all, is good, and does good unto all, and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served, with all the heart, and with all the soul, and with all the might. But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God is instituted by Himself, and so limited by His own revealed will, that He may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men, or the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representation, or any other way not prescribed in the holy Scripture.

Reformed Worship & the Regulative Principle in Worship
    Biblical Worship  Kevin Reed
    The Warrant and Nature of Public Worship.  Benjamin Morgan Palmer
    The Regulative Principle     Terry Johnson, Banner of Truth
    Response to Schlissel's Rejection of the Regulative Principle  G.I. Williamson
    The Scriptural Regulative Principle of Worship G. I. Williamson
    The Regulative Principle of Worship  G.I. Williamson  Paper presented at 2001 International Conference of Reformed Churches
     J. Gresham Machen and the Regulative Principle.  D. G. Hart and John R. Meuther
    Worship: Evangelical or Reformed?     Robert Godfrey, New Horizons
    Beyond Style Wars: Recovering the Substance of Worship    Michael Horton, New Horizons
    The Regulative Principle Applied to Church Government  James Henley Thornwell
    Reformed Baptist Churches - Position Paper 2001
    The Necessity of Reforming the Church  John Calvin
    The Original Geneva Bible   Roger Nicole
    The Geneva Bible

The Proper Elements of  Biblical Worship
     Thoughts on the Worship of God
        The Greatness of God in the Exaltation of Christ in Our Worship   John 4:1-26   Ligon Duncan
         How in the World Should We Worship?   Psalm 29:1-2   J. Ligon Duncan
        Our Practice at First Presbyterian Church
    Preaching the Word
        Biblical Preaching   2 Timothy 4:1-4   J. Ligon Duncan
        Adorning the Doctrine of God  Titus 2:1-10  J. Ligon Duncan
    The Sacraments
       The Lord's Supper
            The Lord's Supper - Kingdom Meal  Matthew 26:26-29  J. Ligon Duncan
            The Last Supper   Mark 14:22-26  Derek Thomas
            The Sacrifice of Peace - The Fellowship Offering  Leviticus 3:1-17 J. Ligon Duncan
            The Feast of Unleavened Bread  Exodus 13:14-20  J. Ligon Duncan
       Baptism
            The Abrahamic Covenant - Covenant Signs and Implications   J. Ligon Duncan
            The Reformed Doctrine of Baptism and New Testament Practice  J. Ligon Duncan
            Faith and the Covenant Sign of Circumcision   Romans 4:9-12  J. Ligon Duncan
    Offering of Prayer
    Singing Psalms and Hymns