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The work at Zion: A reckoning

Phillip A. Ross

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Description:Back CoverThe Work at Zion is a journal of a spiritual conversion that turned a ministry upside down. This collection of sermons details a preacher's rediscovery of classic, historical, Protestant Christianity in the midst of of apathy and apostasy. The logical conclusion of modern Christianity is brought to a head and set in stark contrast to God's Word.What is discovered, along with the delusions of "political correctness" and other forms of deconstructed madness, is that the modern church is on a collision course with the Lord of Glory. Spurned by man, the doctrinal heart of the Protestant Reformation can no longer be ignored.The future can best be discerned by looking to the past. The history of God's faithful people, inasmuch as that history represents God's eternal truth, provides the only real hope for the future. Come Lord Jesus!PrefaceThe personal growth that has blessed me at Zion took root in my previous pastorate at Zoar United Church of Christ in Evansville, Indiana. There the Lord brought me into a deep repentance that has resulted in my conversion to classic, biblical Christianity. It might seem an odd thing that a pastor has been converted while in the pastorate. We usually think of pastors as having settled the fundamental theological issues. But with seminaries requiring less and less traditional study, graduates emerge with less and less traditional conviction.Conversion describes movement from one position to another. Claiming a conversion to classic, biblical, Evangelical Christianity, you may wonder what I have been converted from. Suffice it to say that my conversion has been from philosophy and liberal Christianity — thought from a classic perspective it would be difficult to call it Christianity at all. In addition, my experience has ranged far from Christianity by any definition.This conversion experience has been unfolding for decades, but here you will find a record of sorts of my theological growth in what I call classic, Evangelical Christianity. It is a preaching record that may be helpful to others who are called by the Holy Spirit but caught in the web of modernity. I pray that the Lord may use this record to free others. The full account of my checkered faith journey must await another volume.Here you will find an account of a developing faith perspective preached in a wayward church by a wayward pastor. My hope in sharing these pages is to share some insights gained in the face of faith coming out of modernity — not "coming out" in the sense of producing modern faith, but in the sense of classic faith distinguishing itself from modernity. As best as I can discern at this point in time, the future of the faithful Evangelical Church lies in her history. The deconstructionism of the present age has revealed the dead end of modernity.This volume records the conversion of my theological perspective as it is being reformed by the power of the Holy Spirit through many voices from the Old School, delineated by the Puritans, Charles Hodge, etc., and more recently by Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Ian Murray, etc. Regard is also due to John Calvin, who's teaching is so tenacious only because it is so radically biblical, and who inspired these men, and who continues to be a great inspiration today. I "discovered" these authors during my pastorate at Zion, so you will see my perspective in the process of coming to grips with their biblical fidelity.There are many other saints from the past and the present whom I have yet to meet. But the thing I want to communicate to those interested in these exploits is that there is a body of literature — a communion of saints — waiting to guide those who seek to honor the faith once given to the saints. Too few Christians today realize that there is an intellectually viable faith alternative to modern liberalism, universalism, Pentecostalism, Arminianism, Catholicism, and hyper-Calvinism. Faithful Evangelicalism is not just another faith perspective, it is nothing more than historic, biblical faith.Here is offered a glimpse into the calamitous religious ethos of the 1990s. My work is neither great literature nor great preaching. I offer only a simple historical record of one man's growth. It is recorded much like a farmer would record weather patterns to better plan his future crops and aid his children. Consequently, this record may be of special interest to church historians for two 1) because it demonstrates the tenacity of Calvin's legacy, and 2) this edition is free from editorial advice that might round its rough edges to make it more marketable.The church at Zion was founded in 1845 as Zion Reformed Church, and joined the Evangelical & Reformed Synod of America in 1939, and the United Church of Christ in 1957. In 1968 the three churches of Zion, Pennsylvania— Zion United Church of Christ, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and Zion Evangelical United Breth...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The work at Zion: A reckoning. To get started finding The work at Zion: A reckoning, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Back CoverThe Work at Zion is a journal of a spiritual conversion that turned a ministry upside down. This collection of sermons details a preacher's rediscovery of classic, historical, Protestant Christianity in the midst of of apathy and apostasy. The logical conclusion of modern Christianity is brought to a head and set in stark contrast to God's Word.What is discovered, along with the delusions of "political correctness" and other forms of deconstructed madness, is that the modern church is on a collision course with the Lord of Glory. Spurned by man, the doctrinal heart of the Protestant Reformation can no longer be ignored.The future can best be discerned by looking to the past. The history of God's faithful people, inasmuch as that history represents God's eternal truth, provides the only real hope for the future. Come Lord Jesus!PrefaceThe personal growth that has blessed me at Zion took root in my previous pastorate at Zoar United Church of Christ in Evansville, Indiana. There the Lord brought me into a deep repentance that has resulted in my conversion to classic, biblical Christianity. It might seem an odd thing that a pastor has been converted while in the pastorate. We usually think of pastors as having settled the fundamental theological issues. But with seminaries requiring less and less traditional study, graduates emerge with less and less traditional conviction.Conversion describes movement from one position to another. Claiming a conversion to classic, biblical, Evangelical Christianity, you may wonder what I have been converted from. Suffice it to say that my conversion has been from philosophy and liberal Christianity — thought from a classic perspective it would be difficult to call it Christianity at all. In addition, my experience has ranged far from Christianity by any definition.This conversion experience has been unfolding for decades, but here you will find a record of sorts of my theological growth in what I call classic, Evangelical Christianity. It is a preaching record that may be helpful to others who are called by the Holy Spirit but caught in the web of modernity. I pray that the Lord may use this record to free others. The full account of my checkered faith journey must await another volume.Here you will find an account of a developing faith perspective preached in a wayward church by a wayward pastor. My hope in sharing these pages is to share some insights gained in the face of faith coming out of modernity — not "coming out" in the sense of producing modern faith, but in the sense of classic faith distinguishing itself from modernity. As best as I can discern at this point in time, the future of the faithful Evangelical Church lies in her history. The deconstructionism of the present age has revealed the dead end of modernity.This volume records the conversion of my theological perspective as it is being reformed by the power of the Holy Spirit through many voices from the Old School, delineated by the Puritans, Charles Hodge, etc., and more recently by Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Ian Murray, etc. Regard is also due to John Calvin, who's teaching is so tenacious only because it is so radically biblical, and who inspired these men, and who continues to be a great inspiration today. I "discovered" these authors during my pastorate at Zion, so you will see my perspective in the process of coming to grips with their biblical fidelity.There are many other saints from the past and the present whom I have yet to meet. But the thing I want to communicate to those interested in these exploits is that there is a body of literature — a communion of saints — waiting to guide those who seek to honor the faith once given to the saints. Too few Christians today realize that there is an intellectually viable faith alternative to modern liberalism, universalism, Pentecostalism, Arminianism, Catholicism, and hyper-Calvinism. Faithful Evangelicalism is not just another faith perspective, it is nothing more than historic, biblical faith.Here is offered a glimpse into the calamitous religious ethos of the 1990s. My work is neither great literature nor great preaching. I offer only a simple historical record of one man's growth. It is recorded much like a farmer would record weather patterns to better plan his future crops and aid his children. Consequently, this record may be of special interest to church historians for two 1) because it demonstrates the tenacity of Calvin's legacy, and 2) this edition is free from editorial advice that might round its rough edges to make it more marketable.The church at Zion was founded in 1845 as Zion Reformed Church, and joined the Evangelical & Reformed Synod of America in 1939, and the United Church of Christ in 1957. In 1968 the three churches of Zion, Pennsylvania— Zion United Church of Christ, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and Zion Evangelical United Breth...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The work at Zion: A reckoning. To get started finding The work at Zion: A reckoning, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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