September 1, 2020 Show with Dr. Joe Morecraft on “Authentic Christianity: The Theology & Ethics of the Westminster Larger Catechism” (Part 2)

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And I'm thrilled to have back on the program a returning guest who I just love to interview. And in fact, this is the second part of a new series we began a number of weeks ago. His name is Dr. Joe Moorcraft.

He is pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church in Cumming, Georgia. And today is part two of our series on Authentic Christianity, the Theology and Ethics of the Westminster Larger Catechism, that it also happens to be the title of a commentary series, a multi-volume commentary series by Dr. Moorcraft that we will be discussing as well.

And it's my honor and privilege to welcome you back to Iron Sharpens Iron Radio, Dr. Joseph C. Moorcraft III.

Always a joy to be with you, Chris.

Let me give our listeners our email address right now, in the event that they would like to join us on the air with a question of their own. Our email address is chrisarnson at gmail .com. Chrisarnson at gmail .com.

Please give us your first name, your city and state, and your country of residence. If you live outside of the USA, please only remain anonymous if your question involves a personal and private matter.

Let's say you have just started to become very interested in the Westminster Catechism or Reformed Theology in general, and you're still in a church that is opposed to these teachings, and you'd rather not draw attention to your identity.

Perhaps you're even a pastor going through that same circumstance. Well, I understand that for those and other reasons, you would want to remain anonymous, and we will obviously grant your request. But if it is just a general theological question, we would love to hear your first name at least, your city and state of residence, and your country of residence, if you live outside the USA.

I would also love to hear from people who are not Reformed. I don't want to just hear from the Amen Choir. I would love to hear from people who might have challenging questions for Dr. Moorcraft and myself, and this way we can get some healthy iron sharpening iron interaction going on.

So don't ever hesitate to write in a question just because you might be adamantly opposed to what we are affirming on the show. But before we go into the subject, Dr. Moorcraft, as I normally do, for the sake of those who did not hear you before, or they may have forgotten this information if they did, tell us about Heritage Presbyterian Church in Cumming, Georgia.

Heritage Presbyterian Church. We planted about four nations of very faithful people. Church, Hanover Presbyterian, have about six.

I really love hearing that. I wish more people did that.

Yeah.

I'm actually often surprised and saddened by the number of regular guests I've had on here that don't do that.

Yeah.

Well, if anybody wants more details on Heritage Presbyterian Church in Cumming, Georgia, especially if you know you're going to be visiting there, or you already live in that area, or you have family, friends, and loved ones who live in that area, and they do not have a good, solid, biblical church home, you can go to HeritagePresbyterianChurch .com.

That's easy enough. HeritagePresbyterianChurch .com to get all the information that you need. Now, the primary reason you and I began a number of weeks ago this new series on Iron Trip and Zion Radio, Authentic Christianity, The Theology and Ethics of the Westminster Larger Catechism, was because you wrote a commentary, a multi-volume commentary, that has actually grown over the years.

And if you could, please tell our listeners about this commentary.

It is an eight-volume cast of subjects and develop a worldview that is a unified way of looking at the world, and analyzing what's going on. And if you want to learn catechism about the Westminster Larger Catechism, they shouldn't think about so much.

Just remember, again, that website is WestminsterCommentary .com. I think that the first time you announced it, you misspoke by accident and said Westminster Commentaries, but it's Westminster Commentary Singular.

Westminster Commentary .com.

Correct.

I just want to read an endorsement, another endorsement. I don't think I read this one the last time, but it is by another one of my favorite guests to interview, who also wrote a wonderful commendation for Iron Trip and Zion Radio, George Grant, who is pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee.

And he says of this commentary series by Dr. Moorcraft, informed by a lifetime of pastoral insight, theological precision, confessional faithfulness, and historical incisiveness, Joe Moorcraft's magnum opus is an invaluable treasure.

This is a vital source every Reformed pastor, Sunday school teacher, and Bible study leader will want to have in their library. That's some endorsement from someone the likes of George Grant. And we actually do have a listener right now who has a question for you.

And he says this, oh, by the way, this is John in Bangor, Maine, who says, you just said moments ago that the Bible is our only rule of faith for the church. Wouldn't that more accurately be said, the only infallible rule of faith for the church, because we do have rules of faith, such as our own elders and so on, but they are not infallible as the scriptures are, and the scriptures are our ultimate and supreme guide above all others.

That is a very important point. And the Westminster Lodger Catechism, by the nature and character of that rule, is in Christianity called Barthianism. They can't come right out and say these things. So that's why the Confessor Stanley New Testament, he's made a big point when to reach people.

I don't think there's anything wrong with identifying publicly who that is, since he said these things publicly. That's Andy Stanley you're referring to.

Yeah, that is true. That is exactly correct. And when we unhitch ourselves from the Old Testament.

In fact, let's pick up where you left off there when we come back from our first break. We're going to our first break, and if anybody would like to join us on the air, our email address is chrizarnsen at gmail .com.

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And just to give you a heads up, Joe, when we come back, after you finish your thought, that is, when we come back from the break, I'd like you to go through the main contents, if you could list the main contents of each of the eight volumes of your commentary series.

And this will also, I think, give us some good guidance for topics to discuss as we proceed into this series on Iron Shepherd's Iron Radio about the Westminster larger catechism. Is that all right with you?

Yes, sir.

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The Only Infallible Rule of Faith and the Old Testament’s Continuing Authority

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This is Chris Arnzen.

If you just tuned in to Iron Sharpens Iron Radio, our guest today for the full two hours with about 90 minutes to go, is Dr. Joseph C. Moorcraft III, and not only is he the pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church in Cumming, Georgia, he's also an author of a number of books, including an eight-volume series on a commentary on the Westminster Larger Catechism.

It's titled Authentic Christianity, an Exposition of the Theology and Ethics of the Westminster Larger Catechism, which you can find at westminstercommentary .com, westminstercommentary .com, if you have more interest in investigating and perhaps even purchasing this eight-volume set, a wise investment for anyone who's a serious student of the scriptures, especially if you are placed in a role of responsibility to have teaching authority and guidance over any other Christians, such as not only a pastor, an elder, a deacon, but a Sunday school teacher, somebody who leads Bible studies, and even if you want to be a better-equipped teacher in your own household, guiding your wife and children in the truth of the scriptures.

And I, even as a Reformed Baptist, can say that I thank God for the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms, because the Reformed Baptists have based our confessions and catechisms largely on the Westminster, and I think that the contributors to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith certainly thank God for the Westminster Divines as well.

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And before the break, Dr. Moorcraft, you had mentioned the really horrible teaching of Andy Standley that the Church needs to unhitch itself from the Old Testament, and you were just basically talking about the danger of either being ignorant or ignoring the significance of the Old Testament in the 21st century as the Church of Christ.

I was with my people the other day in a sermon. Didn't call them Old Testament. New salvation by law, the New Testament teaches salvation by grace, the New Testament.

In fact, if anybody out there believes that the Old Testament taught salvation by works, then we will never see any of the prophets and patriarchs of the Old Covenant in heaven because nobody can do that.

That is a good point. That's exactly correct. Look, in the New Testament, that in Christ, the line to draw between the Old and New Testament. People say, you know, you see signs out in front of churches.

This is not a New Testament trouble rule. I said a while ago, it's amazing how Christians today on Sunday morning, they may largely think like the other humanists have a say about raising children.

And that's distinguished from the shorter catechism because the shorter catechism is mainly intended to catechize or teach children, although it is an excellent instructional tool for adults as well.

Yes, sir. And that's the reason it was originally written.

In fact, we got to go to our midway break already, believe it or not. And when we return, I will have you begin to list the major themes covered in each of the eight volumes of your commentary series.

That would be great.

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