Author: Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

Craig Bulkeley is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. He served for many years as a ruling elder and clerk of session in a large metropolitan church. For 14 years he served as the pastor of a small church in North Carolina. He was a Classical Greek major at Miami University (Ohio) and received the Th.M. in N.T. Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia). He is also a lawyer - a member of the Florida Bar for over 35 years and the North Carolina Bar for over 20 years.

The Holy Spirit & the Lord’s Supper: Sublime Reason and Reality – 3: True Presence of the True God-Man

This section follows Part 2 found here: The Holy Spirit & the Lord’s Supper: Sublime Reason and Reality – 2: Spirit-Sanctioned Reason & the Word III. True Presence of the True God-Man through the Spirit The Reformers believed that, according to the Scriptures, Christ is present in the Lord’s Supper and that his body and blood… Read More The Holy Spirit & the Lord’s Supper: Sublime Reason and Reality – 3: True Presence of the True God-Man

January 31, 2018February 2, 2018 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

The Holy Spirit & the Lord’s Supper: Sublime Reason and Reality – 2: Spirit-Sanctioned Reason & the Word

This section follows Part 1 found here: The Holy Spirit & the Lord’s Supper: Sublime Reason and Reality – 1 2. Spirit-Sanctioned Reason & the Word: The Foundation for Right Thinking. Calvin follows at least four fundamental rules in interpreting the Bible’s teaching on the Lord’s Supper. First, God’s Word, the Scriptures, is the only authority… Read More The Holy Spirit & the Lord’s Supper: Sublime Reason and Reality – 2: Spirit-Sanctioned Reason & the Word

January 29, 2018February 2, 2018 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

The Holy Spirit & the Lord’s Supper: Sublime Reason and Reality – 1: To Be Something with God

The Current Confusion A lead Wall Street Journal article of March 8, 2004, began: “For the first time in 10 years, Mary Wilkinson went to church one Sunday in January. She sat in a back pew at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Stamford, Conn., flipping through a prayer book and listening intently to the priest’s… Read More The Holy Spirit & the Lord’s Supper: Sublime Reason and Reality – 1: To Be Something with God

January 27, 2018February 8, 2018 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

Communion Service Outline

This outline may be followed when administering the Lord’s Supper. 1. The Lord’s Supper is an Ordinance of Christ that He instituted: before his death as a sacred supper, NT covenant meal to supersede Passover as the cross does exodus we look back: commemorate His death we look inside & up: reaffirm our covenant privileges… Read More Communion Service Outline

January 25, 2018August 15, 2023 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

The 5th Commandment: WLC Qs 123-133 (Responsively)

The Fifth Commandment 123. Which is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 124. Who are meant by father and mother in the fifth commandment? By father and mother, in the fifth commandment,… Read More The 5th Commandment: WLC Qs 123-133 (Responsively)

January 22, 2018February 9, 2018 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

The 4th Commandment: WLC Qs 115-121 (Responsively)

The Fourth Commandment Question 115. Which is the fourth commandment? The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy… Read More The 4th Commandment: WLC Qs 115-121 (Responsively)

June 26, 2016February 9, 2018 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

The 3rd Commandment: WLC Qs 111-114 (Responsively)

The Third Commandment Question. 111. Which is the third commandment? The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Question. 112. What is required in the third commandment? The third commandment requires, that… Read More The 3rd Commandment: WLC Qs 111-114 (Responsively)

June 24, 2016February 9, 2018 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

The 2nd Commandment: WLC Qs 107-110 (Responsively)

The Second Commandment Question 107. Which is the second commandment? Answer. The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down… Read More The 2nd Commandment: WLC Qs 107-110 (Responsively)

June 21, 2016February 9, 2018 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

Confession of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed

The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again… Read More Confession of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016 Craig Bulkeley, Th.M., J.D.

Confession of Faith: The Nicene Creed (4th C.)

The Nicene Creed (4th Century) I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten,… Read More Confession of Faith: The Nicene Creed (4th C.)