#regulativeprinciple

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    Private Religious Fasting and Abstinence: When, Why and How to Fast

    What is the place for a day of religious fasting held by a single individual, hosehold, or other arrangement outside of a public fast of the church? What reasons would warrant such a fast — and are any of them ones that always apply (such as general repentance)? Are any of these warranted...
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    Bucer, The Book of Common Prayer, and the Puritans

    https://www.anglicanism.info/blog/bucer-and-the-prayer-book What were the objections of Bucer that were not addressed in the revision? What were the main diffrences between Bucer's BCP and the 1662? Are these the parts that the Puritans objected to or did they also dissent from parts Bucer was...
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    Blessing a meal / prayer before a meal

    Have a blessed Lord's Day, brothers. How many of you pray prior to meals? Was it a common practice of the reformers? At other times of the church? Does Deuteronomy 8:10 speak generally of thanking God for his provision, or is there a specific command here?
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    The design and layout of Solomons temple

    As I am reading through the description of Solomon's temple in II Chronicles, I am struck by some important differences between the layout of the temple and of the previous tent of meeting. Among others, I see: - The pillars, yachin and Boaz - the sea - the ten-doubling of the number of...
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    Worship directives in the psalter

    How are we to approach directives for worship in the psalter? Such as: - dancing - singing a new song - using harps - using tambourines - having a procession of virgins with drums - clapping hands - sacrificing sacrifices (okay, this one is easy) - bowing down before the Lord Ext...
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    Question for exclusive psalmody opponents

    Where in the scriptures do you see a commandment for us, under the new covenant, to write and sing hymns of our own writing, even in the public assembly of the visible church, either explicitly or by good and necessary consequence? Edit: this is a related post...
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    Question for exclusive psalmody proponents

    Edit: this is a related post https://www.puritanboard.com/threads/question-for-exclusive-psalmody-opponents.110609/ How would you, as EP proponents, understand different non-psalm songs in the bible? Under the old covenant, it seems you could write songs, just like you can pray uninspired...
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