Refreshingly well done, Mr. Bell, with attentiveness to the Reformed understanding of the sacramental character of the proclaimed Word which is utterly creaturely, but which is the embodiment of divine grace if and when God so wills in accordance with the divine promise. A necessary corrective to the horizontal flippancy of much Protestant preaching, and the ever present tendency of mechanistic rather than person "sacramental automatism." Again, thank you and best wishes in your doctoral program. James F Kay
Refreshingly well done, Mr. Bell, with attentiveness to the Reformed understanding of the sacramental character of the proclaimed Word which is utterly creaturely, but which is the embodiment of divine grace if and when God so wills in accordance with the divine promise. A necessary corrective to the horizontal flippancy of much Protestant preaching, and the ever present tendency of mechanistic rather than person "sacramental automatism." Again, thank you and best wishes in your doctoral program. James F Kay
Very well expressed; deeply thoughtful. Provokes me to set this aside for quieter moments of consideration. Thank you for posting. Beautiful.