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Corporate Responsibility

A true spiritual awakening shows Scripture-centered doctrine, Christ-centered conversion, and a high view of the organized church; warns against moral reform or revivals lacking sound doctrine.
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Minority Report of the Committee on Ecumenicity

Minutes of the 17th Orthodox Presbyterian General Assembly (1950) debating ecumenical relations. Minority reports warn against joining councils that issue political pronouncements and urge strict limits on instruments of cooperation.
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The Relation of Church and State

Minutes of the 17th OPC General Assembly (1950) urging Christian sex‑education resources for children and reporting the delegate’s account of the 1949 Reformed Ecumenical Synod, incl. church–state issues.
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“That They All May Be One”

Argues true Christian unity is spiritual—union with Christ and the Father—rather than mere organizational merger. Urges Calvinist churches to cooperate while safeguarding doctrine.
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Letter on Calvinistic Art

Readers critique a 'Mother and Child' painting, arguing Reformed art must be governed by Scripture. They warn pictorial depictions of Christ risk theological error and idolatry.
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The Free Offer of the Gospel

OPC Assembly minutes on regeneration and the free offer of the gospel, arguing regeneration enables spiritual knowledge and debating whether God 'desires' the salvation of all (revealed vs decretive will).
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The Incomprehensibility of God

1948 OPC committee report analyzing the Reformed doctrine of God's incomprehensibility, its creedal uses, and Calvin's distinctions between divine essence and secret counsel.
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The Redeemer of God’s Elect

John Murray lauds the Shorter Catechism's clear confession of Christ as the eternal Son, God and man. Essays urge missions in China and insist the visible church preserve purity.
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Tradition: Romish and Protestant

Murray critiques the Roman Catholic claim that unwritten tradition holds authority equal to Scripture, defending Scripture as the sole infallible rule and warning tradition's fluidity.
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Report of the Committee on Song in Worship

Minutes of the 13th General Assembly (OPC, 1946) recording a sermon on Christian humility (Philippians 2) and a committee report defending the regulative principle for song in public worship.
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The Study of the Bible

An exhortation to diligent, sustained Bible study: the Scriptures are the inerrant, organic Word of God, illumined by the Spirit and essential to Christian conviction and life.
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The Light of the World

Three pieces: a critique of public school curricula; an address presenting Christ as light and redeemer; and an essay arguing Arminianism conflicts with biblical grace and election.
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The Banner of Westminster Seminary

John Murray's address defends Westminster Seminary's 1929 founding as a stand against doctrinal decline in Presbyterianism, affirming biblical inerrancy and Reformed confessional fidelity.
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The Message of Evangelism

Minutes of the 1944 Orthodox Presbyterian General Assembly with the Committee on Local Evangelism urging evangelism to present the whole counsel of God, defending election and limited atonement.
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The Theology of the Westminster Standards

John Murray presents the Westminster Standards as the mature, systematic expression of Reformed theology, affirming Scripture's unity and sufficiency and the ordered application of redemption.
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