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Chepstow Railway Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chepstow Railway Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With regard to the appearance of the bridge, the Illustrated London News stated that "the peculiarity of the site did not permit any display of 'Art' – that is, of architectural embellishment; indeed, a pure taste rejects any attempt to decorate a large mechanical work with sham columns, pilasters, and small ornamental details." [ 2 ] click to view details Trustworthiness {REPTEXT0} Child safety {REPTEXT4} share your opinion about this website

Income Inequality Has Risen In Vast Majority Of Developed Countries -- Even In Sweden

Income Inequality Has Risen In Vast Majority Of Developed Countries -- Even In Sweden US not alone. 

Rate of Gun Ownership Is Down, Survey Shows - NYTimes.com

Rate of Gun Ownership Is Down, Survey Shows - NYTimes.com : The household gun ownership rate has fallen from an average of 50 percent in the 1970s to 49 percent in the 1980s, 43 percent in the 1990s and 35 percent in the 2000s, according to the survey data, analyzed by The New York Times. The findings contrast with the impression left by a flurry of news reports about people rushing to buy guns and clearing shop shelves of assault rifles after the massacre last year at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. 'via Blog this'

going beyond scripture

The First Ten Years of the Orthodox Pres. Church The minority, apart from seeking a declaration concerning eschatological freedom, pressed hard for a declaration against the beverage use of alcohol. The majority in the church made it clear that they opposed all forms of intemperance and that which would lead to intemperance. Yet they felt that loyalty to Christ forbade their adopting rules or giving advice which went beyond the Word of God. They held dear the biblical doctrine of the adequacy of Scripture to reveal not only what man is to believe concerning God but also what duty God requires of man. They maintained that to add man-made rules to the Scripture was as harmful as to subtract from the Scripture. 

Prohibition, J. Gresham Machen and freedom of conscience

J. Gresham Machen and the Regulative Principle  [background: Machem lost a professorship at Princeton because he did not support Prohibition]  The Bible did not answer these and various other questions. So, Machen concluded, the church had no business meddling in the politics of Prohibition or any other matter where Scripture did not speak. Machen's reasoning here was an extension of the Regulative Principle. In the Presbyterian and Reformed tradition this principle has typically been applied to public worship. It teaches that we may only worship God as he has commanded us to worship him in his Word. People who hear this doctrine for the first time often understand it as overly negative and restrictive, as if we have no freedom in worship. Though the Regulative Principle does limit what we may do in worship, just as important is what it teaches about liberty of conscience and the Lordship of Christ. As the Westminster Confession of Faith teaches (20.2), "God alo