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Contents Editorialeditorial 11 Stephendonald John Clark Maclean No 80 SPRING 2021 Contents EditorialEditorial 11 StephenDonald John Clark MacLean A“It’s Biblical All About Theology Me!”: of Ministry Worship In A Therapeutic Culture 7 4 MarkSharon Johnston James, Social Minister, Policy Bethel Analyst, Presbyterian The Christian Church, Institute Cardiff (Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales) The Christian and the Civil Magistrate 23 WhenMark J. Larson,You Come Professor Together: of Systematic Gathered Theology, Worship Heidelberg inTheological the New Seminary, Testament Sioux Falls 34 David R. Kirk Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Highland Theological College;COVID-19 minister, and Creation: Free Church Megaphones,of Scotland Mystery and Lament 34 Stephen Lloyd, Pastor, Hope Church, Gravesend & Biblical Creation Trust What is Sweeter to us is Clearer: The Aesthetics ofDistinctives Worship – Aof Historicalthe Rural SurveyContext for Christian Mission 6151 RobertIvor MacDonald, Letham Professor Minister, ofHope Systematic Free Church and ofHistorical Scotland, Theology, Coatbridge Union School of Theology The Union of 1929 and What Came After: Developments in TuningMainline the Scottish Heart: A Presbyterianism Historical Survey in ofthe the 20th Century 69 AffectionsAlasdair J. Macleod, in Corporate Minister, Knock Worship & Point Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)84 Graham Beynon Pastor, Grace Church, Cambridge; Director, IndependentReview Article: Ministry Systematic Training, Oak Theology Hill Theological by Robert College Letham 89 Stephen Clark, Principal & Director, Evangelical Movement of Wales WorshipTheological Today: Training MaintainingCourse Continuity with the Past and Across the World 110 RayBook Evans Reviews: Lead Minister, Grace Community Church, Bedford and110 Church Leadership Consultant, FIEC A Concise Guide to the Qur’an: Answering Thirty Critical Questions Ayman Ibrahim (Pat Brittenden) Worship Today: Contemporary Expression of Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy 131 WorshipMatthew Kaemingkin One’s and Own Cory Culture(s) B. Willson (Steve Bishop) Stephen Clark Pastor, Freeschool Court Evangelical Church, Bridgend,The Holy Trinity: Director, In Scripture, EMW Theological History, Theology Training and Course Worship and Lecturer inRobert Systematic Letham Theology, (Jason Vartanian) London Seminary The Mystery of the Trinity: A Trinitarian Approach to the Attributes of God ReviewVern S. Poythress Article: (Thomas Outside Brand) In - Margins of Islam: MinistrySin and Grace: in Diverse Evangelical Muslim Soteriology Contexts in Historical Perspective 162 MarkTony Lane Pickett (Nathan UFM Pomeroy)Worldwide BookPastors Review and Theirs Critics: A Guide to Coping With Criticism in Ministry178 Joel R. Beeke and Nick Thompson (Pete Campbell) Foundations Foundations is an international ministry. Its particular focus The views expressed in the journal of evangelical theology is the theology of evangelical articles published in Foundations published in the United churches which are committed do not necessarily represent the Kingdom. Its aim is to cover to biblical truth and evangelical views of Affinity or its partners contemporary theological ecumenism. It has been although all content must be issues by articles and reviews, published by Affinity (formerly within the bounds of the Affinity taking in exegesis, biblical The British Evangelical Council) Doctrinal Basis. theology, church history and from its inception as a print apologetics, and to indicate journal. It became a digital their relevance to pastoral journal in April 2011. Foundations is Editor published twice Donald John MacLean each year online at www.affinity.org.uk Book Review Editor Matthew Evans It is offered in two [email protected] formats: Associate Editors PDF (for citing pagination) Bob Fyall and HTML (for greater Cornhill Training Course (Scotland) accessibility, usability, and infiltration in search engines). Jamie A. Grant Vice-Principal (Academic), Highland Theological College Foundations is copyrighted by Affinity. Readers are free to use David McKay it and circulate it in digital form Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland without further permission (any print use requires further Dan Strange written permission), but they Oak Hill College, London must acknowledge the source Ted Turnau and, of course, not change the Anglo-American University, Prague & Union School of Theology content. Keith Walker Foundations is published by International Strategic Development Director, SIM International Affinity Paul Wells PO Box 1958 Emeritus Professor, Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence, France Bristol BS37 0DH Telephone: 07989 773043 Garry Williams Website: www.affinity.org.uk The John Owen Centre, London Seminary Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Peter Williams Tyndale House, Cambridge affinitytalks Twitter: @affinitytalks Alistair Wilson Charity no. 258924 Edinburgh Theological Seminary Foundations 80 (May 2021): 1-3 EDITORIAL “Jesus said to them, ‘Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.’ And they marvelled at him” (Mark 12:17, ESV). The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to reverberate in society and the church. While, as I write, it seems that cases are declining and the vaccination programme is going well, the impact of the pandemic will be felt for years to come. The effects will last not just in general society, but in the church as well. Clearly there will be a heightened need for pastoral care as we face the financial and mental health challenges that will follow Covid (both for pastors and congregations). There is also need for relatively immediate practical reflection: for example, how has the nature of gathered worship been affected by online lockdown experiences; how has outreach/evangelism changed in a post-Covid world? But there are also specific theological areas that need careful thought. One obvious point is the complex relationship between church and state, and in particular the role of the state relative to gathered public worship. It is fair to say that the pressures and challenges of the past year have exposed a number of fault lines in our theological understanding of government power, particularly in relation to church activity in unusual times. In a sense, this is nothing new. The protestant church has always had a variety of views over how church and state relate – from Erastianism, to varying degrees of “two kingdom” articulations of the freedom of the church from state interference. But Covid has brought differences which had been largely theoretical, at least outside of the established churches, quickly and sharply into the realm of church practice. For example, we have had to face questions such as the following: Does the state in times of health emergencies have a right to impose restrictions on gathered worship, and even “ban” it? Can the state dictate what level of fellowship (social distancing etc.) can happen in church? Can the state control the “elements” of worship, i.e., that we must not sing? For myself, when facing into these questions I find it important to recognise that we do not become disembodied spirits when we meet for worship. Whilst we are engaged in the activity of a kingdom that is “not of this world” (John 18:36), we remain citizens of an earthly realm, and the practical consequences of our meeting is not affected by the fact that it is for worship as opposed to hearing a lecture on the philosophy of David Hume. In one sense we are simply a group of people coming together, which is surely a “circumstance concerning the worship of God” which is “common to human actions and societies” (Westminster Confession of Faith 1:6) and so is not a priori exempt from government laws tasked with curbing infectious disease. 2 Editorial This makes answering the questions posed by government responses to Covid fraught with difficulty. However, for me at least, the compliance of churches with the requirements of the civil authorities over the past twelve months has been absolutely right (Rom. 13:1), and an important witness to the world. It is, after all, by being “subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution” that we “by doing good… put to silence the ignorance of foolish people” (1 Peter 2:13-15).1 The article by Mark Lawson “The Christian and the Civil Magistrate” makes a case along these lines, and I think is a helpful window into the theological discussions we need to continue to have on church and state relations post-Covid. However, I recognise there will be differing responses to our current position, and that there are many shades of grey. Indeed, differences are almost inevitable (though tragic when they lead to division as they have in some churches). I say inevitable, because it has ever been this way. One of the things I have enjoyed through the past year is working through the wonderful new edition of Richard Baxter’s Reliquiæ Baxterianæ. In his autobiography Baxter outlined various responses to the “Great Ejection” of 1662 where 2,000 or so ministers were forced to leave the Church of England. Baxter comments as follows: And the [ejected] ministers themselves were thus also divided, who before seemed all one; for some would go to Church, to Common Prayer, to Sacraments, and others would not: Some of them thought it was their duty to preach publicly, in the streets or fields while the people desired it, and not to cease their work through fear of men, till they lay in jails, or were all banished: Others thought that a continued
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