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2. Life-as-worship vs. Institutional "Worship"
3. Patriarchy and Community
4. Revolution, Repentance, and Redemption
5. Revolution and Church History
6. History and the Hidden Patriarchs
7. Who Were the True Reformers? (The Priesthood of All Believers)
9. Objection -- Believer-Priests in the Old Testament
11. Christian Radicalism
12. Authority, Submission, and Obedience in the New Covenant
14. Objection -- On Being "Willing to Obey"
15. "The Depravity of Man" and the Fear of Patriarchy
16. Spontaneous Obedience
17. The Promise of World-Wide Patriarchy
18. The End of Teachers
19. "The Pastor" vs. The Patriarch
| In this section we examine the duties of the "Elder" (Pastor) as spelled out in "The Form of Presbyterial Government," drawn up in 1645 by the writers of the Westminster Confession of Faith. We argue that every legitimate duty set forth for the "Elder" is a duty for all believers. |
20. The Bible: Monopolies and Famines
21. Pastors Must Pray
23. Pastors Must Read the Bible
25. Pastors Must Feed the Flock
27. Pastors Must Catechize
29. Pastors Must Comfort
31. Pastors Must Exhort
33. Pastors Must Convince
35. Pastors Must Teach
37. Are You "Apt to Teach"?
38. Word Study
39. Objection -- The delivery of Religious Lectures
40. Lexical Observations by Craig A. Evans
41. Biblical Styles of Preaching and Teaching
42. Pulpits and Peripatetics - The Greek Origin of the Sermon
44. The Primacy of the Preacher (by James B. Jordan).
45. What is "Authoritative Preaching"?
46. Who Should Excommunicate?
47. Pastors Must be Mysterious
48. Pastors Must Administer the Sacraments
50. Objection -- "Sacerdotalism"
51. What is Sacerdotalism?
52. The Sacraments as "Discipline"
53. Sacramental Retrogression?
54. Sacraments and the Sacral Society
55. Baptism: Spirit vs. Water
56. "Till I Come": The Parousia and the "Christian Passover"
57. Footwashing and Shallow Sacramentalism
58. Pastors Must Bless
59. Pastors Must Take Care of the Poor
60. Charity and Church Government
61. Pastors Must Be An Example
63. Pastors Must "Oversee"
65. Objection -- Clergy in I Peter 5:1-6
66. Objection -- Office or Function?
68. Pastors Must Lord it Over the Flock
69. Statism in the Churches
70. Objection -- Elders in the Old and New Testaments
71. Objection -- Spiritual vs. Appointed Elders
72. Objection -- Pastors: Among vs. Over.
73. Equality as a training ground for Leadership
74. Robes in Review
75. Pastors Are Worthy of Double Honor
76. Ordination
77. Objection -- On God's Desire for Empires
79. Ordination in the Westminster Standards
80. The Laying on of Hands
81. Objection -- Its True Purpose
82. Study Questions -- Hands and Voting
83. Are Presbyterians Democrats?
84. Perpetual and Ordinary Officers
85. Ad Hoc Authority vs. Institutionalism
86. Natural Ordination
87. Amateurism and Professionalism
88. CONCLUSIONS
151. Gary North: "Family Authority vs. Protestant Sacerdotalism"
152. James B. Jordan: "God's Hospitality and Holistic Evangelism"
Showing the Pastoral Functions of an Attorney at Law
189. What is "Theonomy"?
190. What is "Law"?
191. Every Man a Lawyer
192. The "Theonomic" Lawyer
193. The "Judicial Law"
194. Unconditional Surrender and the "Attorney"
195. The Sacerdotal Attorney
Now we parallel our discussion of the "Pastor's" duties by examining the same list of duties in "The Form of Presbyterial Government" and showing how those responsibilities are particularly incumbent upon any who would take upon themselves the mantle of "Christian Attorney."
196. Lawyers: Keys and Closed Doors
197. The Shepherding Lawyer Must Pray
199. The Pastoring Lawyer Must Read the Bible.
The Pro-nomian Pastor Must Feed the Flock
202. Pastoral Lawyers Must Catechize
204. Christ-like Attorneys Must Comfort
206. Shepherding Lawyers Must Exhort
208. Pro-Nomian Patriarchs Must Convince.
210. Shepherding Attorneys Must Teach
212. Pastoral Lawyers Must Preach
214. Christian Attorneys Must NOT Be Mysterious
215. Shepherding Lawyers Must Administer the Sacraments
216. Baptism -- The Covenant Sign of Unconditional Attorn
218. The Lord's Supper -- Communion and Government
220. Theo-Nomic Pastors Must Bless
221. Pastoral Lawyers Must Take Care of the Poor
122. Justice and Poverty
224. Shepherding Attorneys Must Be an Example
226. Patriarch/Lawyers Must "Oversee"
228. The Servant-Lawyer Must Shepherd
230. Doctrinally-sound Attorneys are Worthy of Double Honor
231. Law and Doctrine
232. Working for a Living
234. Law, Religion, and State
The Attorney as Patriarch
235. Government and the Patriarch
236. Elders, Lawyers, and Judges
237. Levites and Lawyers
The Lawyer as "Church Officer"
238. The Myth of the "Separation of Church and State"
239. The Lawyer as Priest
240. The Magisterial Pastor
241. The War of the Pastors
242. Excommunication and the Lawyer
The Lawyer as Reconciler
243. The Legal Pimp
244. The Theonomic Lawyer
245. Resolving Disputes in the Home Church
Legal Mediation and Arbitration in I Corinthians 6
246. The Arbitrators
247. State Enforcement of Church Arbitration
248. Arbitration and the "Rash Vow"
249. The "Local Church" vs. The Christian Conciliation Service
250. Punishment, Criminal Defense, and Patriarchy