The question of the propriety of pictorial representations of the Saviour is one that merits examination. It must be granted that the worship of Christ is central in our holy faith, and the thought of the Saviour must in every instance be accompanied with that reverence which belongs to his worship. We cannot think of [...]
The Law of God
The Giving of the Law: Part I (Commentary on Gal. 3:19-4:5) by John Brown
The following material by John Brown (1784-1858), Professor of Exegetical Theology at the United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, illustrates the classical Reformed doctrine that under the New Testament there is a ‘discontinuance of certain regulatory provisions in the jurisprudence of Israel under the law of Moses.’(1) Professor John Murray writes further: ‘It is true that certain [...]
The Giving of the Law: Part II (Commentary on Gal. 3:19-4:5) by John Brown
A commentary on Galatians 3:19-4:5, taken from An Exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Edinburgh 1853. State of the Church after ‘faith has come’ ‘But after that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster: for ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.’ [...]
The Giving of the Law: Part III (Commentary on Gal. 3:19-4:5) by John Brown
A commentary on Galatians 3:19-4:5, taken from An Exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Edinburgh 1853. ‘Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: but when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, [...]
