Evening Prayer (1662 Book of Common Prayer)

LECTIONS. John Calvin on the Psalms. ISBE: Genesis. Keil: Genesis. Keil & Delitzsch: Joshua. Matthew Henry: Isaiah. ISBE: Matthew. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown: Gospels. Romans: Prof. Hodge. Matthew Henry: Revelation. Prof. Hodge: Systematic Theology. Dr. Robert Reymond: Systematic Theology. Prof. Berkhof, Systematic Theology: Soteriology. Dr. Philip Schaff, Apostolic Christianity, Medieval Christianity, Swiss Reformation and Creeds of Christendom. EDT. CCC. Westminster Larger Catechism, 98.

For Psalm 17, Prof. Calvin, as usual, describes colorfully and fully the “tranquil mind” stayed on God.

ISBE on Genesis: Prof. R. K. Harrison, as usual, brilliantly discusses “alluvial deposits” from the studies of archaeologists about the Deluge.

For Genesis 1: Prof. Keil continues his theme that Moses is the “pedestal” from the rest of Sacred Scripture.

For Joshua 18, Joshua gives another real estate lesson.

For Isaiah 5.8-17, Prof. Henry begins the catalogue of sins, not just for Judah, but the Church of the ages and history.

ISBE on Matthew: Dr. Dagner repeats himself (again) on the intended audience of Matthew’s Gospel.

For Mathew 4.12-25, Prof. Jamiesson begins the discussion of the opening of Jesus Galilean ministry.

For Romans, Prof. Hodge begins the analysis of 1.18-32, demonstrating Gentile lawlessness and culpability.

For Revelation 12.12-17, Prof. Henry continues to discuss the battle between the Woman, the Child, and the Red Dragon.

In the Global Anglican, Dr. Jensen asks “Where is the true church?” as he explores Dr. J. I. Packer’s and St. John’s in BC secession from the Anglican Church in Canada.

For Systematic Theology, Prof. Hodge discusses “rationalism,” an utter misnomer, we would add, if there ever was one.

For Theology Proper, Prof. Reymond deals with God’s immutability and Bible passages indicating God changing course and expressing repentance for having made man, etc.

For Soteriology, Prof. Berkhof comments on the imperfection of sanctification of the justified saint.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (0-100) Prof. Schaff discusses the fifteenth year of Tiberius as the beginning of Jesus and John the Baptist’s ministries.

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1049), Prof. Schaff outlines the 10th-11^th century tensions of Eastern and Western Christianity in Moravia and Bohemia.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff enthuses about Breitinger’s ministry in Zurich—a tad romantically which Schaff evinces hagiographically from time-to-time. He does so here. Breitinger attended Dordt.

EDT on process theology: we get some wonky-talk and mumbo-jumbo about dipolarity in God and all things.

For the Creeds of Christendom, Prof. Schaff notes more “prestilential” errors (19-38) out of the 80: socialism, communism, secret societies, Bible societies, and “clerical-liberal societies. Varied Protestant objections to the root-trunk-and-branches of Romanism are rejected, e.g. national churches outside Rome are allowable. There are more branches that the Syllabus of Errors attempts to cut off from the Protestant tree.

CCC: we are told that the Church will tell us the truth about revelation and human reason. Also, the noetic effect of sin is played down.

Westminster Larger Catechism 98:

Q. 98. Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?
A. The moral law is summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments, which were delivered by the voice of God upon mount Sinai, and written by him in two tables of stone; and are recorded in the twentieth chapter of Exodus; the four first commandments containing our duty to God, and the other six our duty to man.