Reformation Scotland

Reformation Scotland is the website of the Inverness Branch of the Scottish Reformation Society. Our aim is to promote a witness to the history, theology and principles of the Scottish Reformation.

Recent Meetings - 2008/2009

The most recent meetings from the 2008/2009 season are noted below:

The 1859 Revival in Scotland: Rev Maurice J Roberts (Inverness) - Lecture given 16 March 2009
The Charismatic Movement and the Deformation of the Church: Rev Dr Wayne Pearce (Lairg) - Lecture given 23 February 2009
Text version of The Charismatic Movement and the Deformation of the Church
The Act of Settlement: Rev Hugh M Cartwright (Edinburgh) - Lecture given 19 January 2009
Text version of The Act of Settlement and its Relevance for Today
James Durham and the Free Offer of the Gospel: Mr Donald John Maclean (York) - Lecture given 10 Nov 2008
Reaching Roman Catholics with the Gospel: Mr Richard Bennett (USA) - Lecture given 13 Oct 2008

» Visit the Lectures page for a full list of reformation lectures.

Latest Articles

The Charismatic Movement and the Deformation of the Church: Rev Dr Wayne Pearce
A consideration of five areas in which the Charismatic Movement is precipitating and promoting the deformation of the church: 1) Rejection of the Sufficiency of Scripture; 2) Promotion of Two-Tier Christianity; 3) Mysticism; 4) Unbiblical Ecumenism; and 5) Superstition and Worldliness.
The Act of Settlement and its Relevance for Today: Rev Hugh M Cartwright
A consideration of the Act of Settlement, noting its historical setting, what it is and what it says, its legal position and its religious significance; current moves to remove it from the Statute Book; the Act’s relevance for today, for the Church and for the State; and the action which we should take to preserve our national commitment to the truth of the Bible.
The Regulative Principle: Rev Hugh M Cartwright
Our starting point is the truth that Christ is the Head of the Church. In relation to the Church as the body of elect, redeemed, regenerate sinners, the Headship of Christ signifies that through His union with them He is the source of all their life and grace and unity. In relation to the Church as a society on earth, the Headship of Christ signifies that He originated it and that He continues to administer its affairs. It has taken its form from Him and continues to depend upon Him for existence and power.
Development of the Scottish Psalter: Rev David Silversides
“Christians are to sing Psalms... Nevertheless, the question arises that if we are to sing the Biblical Psalms, is the ‘Scottish Psalter’ of 1650 a sufficiently careful and accurate translation for this purpose?”
In answering this question, Rev David Silversides considers: 1) The History of the Scottish Psalter; 2) Testimonies to its accuracy; 3) Examples of the care with which it was translated; and 4) The Scriptural aims of the translators.
Regeneration & the Regenerate Man » Therapeutica Sacra, Chp 3: David Dickson
“Regeneration (being one in effect with effectual calling) is the work of God’s invincible power and mere grace, wherein, by his Spirit accompanying his word, he quickened a redeemed person lying dead in his sins, and reneweth him in his mind, will, and all the powers of his soul; convincing him savingly of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and making him heartily to embrace Christ and salvation, and to consecrate himself to the service of God in Christ, all the days of his life.”
The Prisoner Judging All Parties » The Shadow of Calvary, Chp 7: Hugh Martin
“Jesus ultimately carries the matter to the highest court of all. ‘The cup that my Father hath given me to drink, shall I not drink it?’ He now makes his Father a party in the case. Hence this noble series of gradations by which Jesus brings this matter into relation with successive rights and agencies: the authorities on earth; the angels of heaven; the Scriptures of God, till he places it in immediate connection with the will of the Holy One of Israel - it is like that mystic ladder which the pilgrim father saw, which was ‘set upon the earth and the top of it reached to heaven, and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it; and, behold! Jehovah stood above it’.”
Christ’s Love and Loveliness » A Communion Table Address: Samuel Rutherford
“What a sight is our Lord Jesus going out of the gates of Jerusalem, and His cross upon His back! He went like to fall under it, He was so weak in body and weary in soul, when He went to the top of Mount Calvary. And all the time He saw black death before Him, and a curse. He was even then bearing God’s curse upon His back, and that was heavier than the cross.”
The Voice of My Beloved » Song of Solomon 2:8-17: Robert Murray M‘Cheyne
“Thus it was that the fallen Peter, when he had so grievously denied his Lord, yet, when brought again within sight of the Saviour, standing upon the shore, was the only one of the disciples who girt his fisher’s coat unto him, and cast himself into the sea to swim to Jesus; and. . . when again he had hidden himself in the clefts of the Rock of Ages, found that the love of Jesus was more tender towards him than ever.”
A Most Wholesome Counsel » Touching God’s Holy Word: John Knox
“The word of God is. . . the foundation of faith, without the which, no man understandeth the good will of God - so is it also the only organ and instrument which God useth to strengthen the weak, to comfort the afflicted, to reduce to mercy by repentance such as have slidden; and finally, to preserve and keep the very life of the soul, in all assaults and temptations.”

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