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Larger Catechism Question 155

...I have never heard a candidate take an exception to the answer to Larger Catechism Question 155, and have sometimes wondered why. Do preachers today believe that the Spirit makes especially the preaching of the Word effectual for salvation? Why would one not? “Because,” it might be honestly said, “that does not tally with my experience as a preacher. I have seen people converted through personal witness, yes; and at evangelistic Bible studies, yes—but not often through preaching.”

 

Sinclair Ferguson, "Life and Ministry", in Joel Beeke and Greg Salazar, eds., William Perkins: Architect of Puritanism (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2019).


2ndcommandment ambrose ames aquinas augustine barker bavinck beale beeke berkhof bernard beza bierma bolton boston bower brakel bridge bucey burgess butner calvin carmichael carpenter carson casselli charnock cho christ clark confessionalism confessions davenant davis decampos dennison dickson dolezal dpoythress duby duguid dunnam durham farrel ferguson fesko flavel fortunato frame gaffin gamble garcia garner gatiss gerstner giles gillespie gonzalez goodwin gootjes gouge guthrie henry hiestand history hperkins jacomb jones jue kevan klauber kline knox krans kruger lane leigh letham lewis lillback lindberg luther lynch mackay manetsch marriage mcgrath mcgraw mcwilliams muller murray oberman oliphint opc osborne owen packer pentecost perkins phillips pictet poythress predestination ralphdavis rcross resurrection roberts roney rutherford salazar shannon shedd sibbes silva sinnema spiritualgifts sproul strange svisser swain synopsis teellinck theonomy thompson tipton trueman tuckney turretin urcna vanasselt vandixhoorn vanmastricht vanraalte vantil venema versteeg vos waddington wallace warfield watson white whitman willemteellinck williams witsius woolsey zwingli { timeline }