Westminster Society Journal

In this issue of the Westminster Society Journal, Volume II, our own EPC pastors, theologians, and elders consider the beautiful concept of the "means of grace." In the Reformed tradition, the means of grace are seen as the medium through which God works transformatively in the hearts and lives of Christian believers. Although God has in times past spoken to His people through miraculous wonders and demonstrative acts of power, most of His sanctifying work in our lives today is rather...
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In this issue of the Westminster Society Journal, Volume II, our own EPC pastors, theologians, and elders consider the beautiful concept of the "means of grace." In the Reformed tradition, the means of grace are seen as the medium through which God works transformatively in the hearts and lives of Christian believers. Although God has in times past spoken to His people through miraculous wonders and demonstrative acts of power, most of His sanctifying work in our lives today is rather ordinary. Thus, God communicates to His people through the reading and hearing of His infallible Word. He speaks through the fallible and stuttering lips of human preaching. God communes with us through the sacramental signs of bread and cup, as well as the baptismal waters. He is available to us in prayer. All of these ordinary means point us back to the greatest work of all in redemption history--the life, death, and resurrection of our Incarnate Lord Jesus Christ. The Westminster Society exists as a networking group within the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Devised originally as a forum in which pastors, ruling elders, and laypersons could talk together about theology and church life, the Westminster Society desires to keep our denominational conversations centered around Scripture, as well as framed within the boundaries of our confessional standards.