A proper understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel is crucial for any minister hoping to be effective in his preaching and counseling.

Confessions help clarify biblical truth by affirming and negating the validity of various interpretations of scripture.

Only the key of the gospel fits the lock of the human heart. And it takes the power of the hand of God to turn the key and break the rust off the lock of the human heart and bring it to salvation.

Effectual calling actually and powerfully saves all those to whom it comes!

The effectual call comes to specific individuals and is not just a divine “group hug.” Effectual calling is specific, personal, and individual—not merely corporate.

Reformed Baptists agree with Calvin’s assessment that it is especially through the preaching of the Word that God builds up believers unto salvation.

Reformed Baptists reject not merely the authority, but the very existence of such an episcopate which exercises quasi-apostolic authority over various churches.

Reformed Baptists maintain that true “apostolic succession” is the passing down of the faith which the apostles taught.