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Westminster Larger & Shorter Catechisms, Question & Answer by Jim Dodson (Free MP3 & PDF)
This series contains some of the best teaching you will ever hear on the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
Concerning the Westminster Shorter Catechism, A.F. Mitchell, in his Westminster Assembly: Its History and Standards (on the Puritan Hard Drive), notes, "...it is a thoroughly Calvinistic and Puritan catechism, the ripest fruit of the Assembly's thought and experience, maturing and finally fixing the definitions of theological terms to which Puritanism for half a century had been leading up and gradually coming closer and closer to in its legion of catechisms" (p. 431).
Westminster Larger & Shorter Catechisms, Question & Answer #100 by Jim Dodson (Free MP3 & PDF)
Westminster Larger & Shorter Catechisms, Questions & Answers #101 & #43 & #44 by Jim Dodson (Free MP3 & PDF)
Westminster Larger & Shorter Catechisms, Questions & Answers #102 & #42 by Jim Dodson (Free MP3 & PDF)
Email Cameronian@covenanter.org for access to many more messages in this series, as well as other series of messages by Jim Dodson.
"All that learning the most profound and extensive, intellect the most acute and searching, and piety the most sincere and earnest, could accomplish, was thus concentrated in the Westminster Assembly's Confession of Faith, which may be safely termed the most perfect statement of Systematic Theology ever framed by the Christian Church." - William Hetherington, The History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, p. 345, SWRB reprint, on the Puritan Hard Drive.
The Ten Commandments (Westminster Larger Catechism, 1648) God's Law: Duties & Sins by the Westminster Divines (Free MP3)
Inexpensive digital downloads of some the best Puritan and Reformed books on the Westminster Larger Catechism are here -- and all these books and more are also available on the Puritan Hard Drive.
Inexpensive digital downloads of some the best Puritan and Reformed books on the Westminster Larger Catechism are here -- and all these books and more are also available on the Puritan Hard Drive.
"The Westminster Standards (including the Confession of Faith and Catechisms) were the fruit of the covenanted uniformity aimed at in the Solemn League and Covenant. The relationship between the Westminster Standards and the Solemn League and Covenant is so close, in fact, that to truly adhere to the Standards requires that an individual or church also adhere to the Solemn League and Covenant. In other words, all true Presbyterians must also be Covenanters. This is clear from 'The Directory for the Ordination of Ministers' in the original (1648) Westminster Standards' 'Form of Presbyterial Church-Government' where it says that every candidate for the ministry must 'bring with him a testimonial of his taking the Covenant of the three kingdoms,' i.e., the Solemn League and Covenant. All faithful Presbyterian ministers must adhere to the Covenant. As well, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ruled in 1648 'that all young students take the covenant at their first entry to colleges; and that hereafter all persons whosoever take the covenant at their first receiving the sacrament of the Lord's supper.' In other words, people who would not take the Covenant could not partake of the Lord's supper." - Dr. Michael Wagner (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
On the Westminster Shorter Catechism (A Body of Divinity) by Thomas Watson (21 Free MP3s)
The first book published by the Banner of Truth Trust, this has been one of the best sellers and consistently the most useful and influential of their publications.
Punishments of Sin From Thomas Ridgeley's Commentary On the Westminster Larger Catechism (Free MP3)
"This classic work is so encouraging to me as I flee sin. Again, the Lord is faithful to provide teachers after His heart." - Comment on SermonAudio
Assurance of Salvation #1 (Commentary on the Larger Catechism) by Thomas Ridgeley (Free MP3)
Assurance of Salvation #2 (Commentary on the Larger Catechism) by Thomas Ridgeley (Free MP3)
Westminster Shorter Catechism (1648) - The Westminster Assembly Of Covenanted Divines (Free MP3)
Westminster Larger Catechism (1648) 1 of 2 By The Famous Westminster Assembly Of Puritan, Presbyterian & Covenanter Divines (Free MP3)
Westminster Larger Catechism (1648) 2 of 2 By The Famous Westminster Assembly Of Puritan, Presbyterian & Covenanter Divines (Free MP3)
Commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith by Greg Price (5 Free MP3s & 3 Free Videos)
Exclusive Psalmody & the Westminster Standards, Confession of Faith, by Greg Price (Free MP3)
History of the Assembly at Westminster (Puritan, Reformation & Covenanter History) by Greg Price (Free MP3)
Westminster Larger Catechism (Free Text Online)
Westminster Shorter Catechism (Free Text Online)
Westminster Confession, Assembly and Divines (Category at PuritanDownloads.com)
Introduction to the Westminster Standards (Background And History To The Victories And Attainments Of The Second Reformation) by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free MP3)
Dr. Steven Dilday Reviews and Recommends the Puritan Hard Drive
Dr. Steven Dilday
Pastor of Liberty and Grace Reformed Church in Northern Virginia
For a number of years now, I have followed, and benefited from, the work of Still Waters Revival Books, particularly the Reformation and Puritan Bookshelf CD sets... and now the Puritan Hard Drive.
The Puritan Hard Drive is a remarkable accomplishment!
The common Christian can now have a world-class Presbyterian and Reformed library at his fingertips, for only pennies per volume.
I do not think that it is an exaggeration to say that the Puritan Hard Drive presents an historic and singular opportunity.
The works on the Puritan Hard Drive have been invaluable to me in sermon preparation and in improving personal and familial piety. If these had been the only blessings attached to the reading of these documents, the expense (even if it had been much greater) would have been justified; but there is more here.
In this present time, a great many Presbyterians (particularly in North America) have forgotten and implicitly (perhaps unwittingly) rejected their Presbyterian heritage. Strangely, Westminster confessing churches have rejected the theological distinctives of the Westminster Standards.
Although the Westminster Assembly produced a beautiful statement of soteriological Calvinism, the histories clearly demonstrate that soteriology was not the principle focus, nor chief interest, of the Assembly. The Westminster Assembly was primarily concerned with uniformity in worship (in accordance with the Regulative Principle), the form of church government (Presbyterianism jus divinum), and Church-State relations (the Establishment Principle). It is a sad irony that the great and distinctive attainments of the Westminster Assembly have been ignored and rejected by so many Westminster confessing churches.
However, we may yet entertain the hope that these great attainments are rejected largely because of ignorance. The best books on these subjects have not been readily available; but (thanks be to God) they are available again on the Puritan Hard Drive.
For anyone interested in recovering our Presbyterian and Reformed past, the Puritan Hard Drive is a must.
It is my hope and prayer that the Puritan Hard Drive will be used by God to bring to light the things that were hidden, to call to remembrance the things that were forgotten.
- Dr. Steven Dilday, Pastor of Liberty and Grace Reformed Church in Northern Virginia and https://www.sermonaudio.com/PRCNOVA, President of The Matthew Poole Project , Professor of Hebrew and director of the Ph.D. program in Puritan History and Literature at Whitefield Theological Seminary https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=82911013359, also directs the Master of Theology degree in "Ecclesiastical Latin." Dr. Dilday is currently translating the "Synopsis" written by the Puritan Divine, Matthew Poole . This project when completed will consist of approximately 82 volumes.
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