The Law and the Testimony.
James Dodson
1860-David Steele.-An article explaining why making a distinction between the law and the testimony is needful to avoid legalism and how this distinction affects the witnessing church.
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Diverse Kinds of Faith.
James Dodson
1860-David Steele.-An article from the Reformed Presbyterian magazine discussing the kinds of faith and their various purposes and uses.
Read MoreDeclaration and Testimony for the Present Truth.
James Dodson
1864-David Steele.-An explanation of the nature and purpose of judicial testimonies together with several animadversions upon the course and defects taken by the RP Synod in its mangled attempts at testimony bearing.
Read MoreThe Testimony and the Law.
James Dodson
1866-David Steele.-An article from the London Scottish Reformed Presbyterian magazine discussing the difference between the testimony and the law and why the former takes precedence over the latter.
Read MoreA Question Answered.
James Dodson
1869-David Steele.-A short reply on the nature of judicial testimonies and their use of history and argument.
Read MoreNotes on the Apocalypse;
James Dodson
1870-David Steele.-A commentary on the entire book of Revelation from an historicist and postmillennial perspective incorporating the insights of Covenanting principles and a concern for the standards of the Reformed Presbyterian church.
Read MoreCIRCULAR. [concerning the Covenant of 1871]
James Dodson
1871-David Steele.-An exposure and critique of the so-called “American” RP “Covenant” of 1871.
Read MoreReview.
James Dodson
1871-David Steele.-This is a review of Mr. James W. Shaw’s sermon “Our Banners Set Up,” preached against the “American” Covenant of 1871, explaining that Mr. Shaw had already adopted backsliding principles.
Read More“REVISED PSALMS,”
James Dodson
1873-David Steele.-In this brief article, Mr. Steele raises the question of revising the metrical Psalter. He identifies the craftiness of those who subvert the worship of the church and challenges their authority. This includes an interesting discussion on the need for historical succession to be comprised of both faith and practice.
Read MoreNEW VERSION.
James Dodson
1873-David Steele.-In this article, the defects of the “new version” of the Psalms, produced by the United Presbyterian Church, is subjected to scrutiny in a couple of serious points. The theme is the difficulty of danger of undertaking any revision of the Psalter without proper theological and confessional moorings.
Read MoreThe Law of Love.
James Dodson
1873-David Steele.-In this article, Mr. Steele rescues the Christian concept of love from being dissolved into sentimentality. He also defends the doctrine of good and necessary consequence and its use in framing the faith and practice of the Protestant church.
Read MoreA Case of Conscience.
James Dodson
1878-David Steele.-An short article on the question of Covenanters and taxation.
Read MoreA Short Vindication of our Covenanted Reformation.
James Dodson
1879-David Steele. Originally written in 1871, this was re-written to expand upon the fruit of the “American” RP “Covenant of 1871,” showing its defects and departures from Covenanter principles.
Read MoreA Short Vindication of our Covenanted Reformation.
James Dodson
1879-David Steele.-A second edition of the principles of the Scottish Second Reformation against the “American” RP “Covenant of 1871.”
Read MoreSabbath, or Sunday.
James Dodson
1882-David Steele.-A brief article on Sabbath keeping and why calling the day “Sunday” is inappropriate.
Read MoreReminiscences. Historical and Biographical of a Ministry in the Ref’d Presbyterian Church During Fifty Three Years.
James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-An autobiographical account of David Steele’s long life and career as a theological gadfly, advancing historic Covenanter principles, to his wandering Reformed Presbyterian brethren.
Read MoreBeliever’s Inventory,
James Dodson
1885-David Steele.-A Thanksgiving sermon.
Read MoreCIRCULAR No. 1.
James Dodson
1885-David Steele.-A defense against false accusations with reflections on the arrogance of youth and the ungratefulness often shown to teachers by their erstwhile students.
Read MoreCIRCULAR No. 2.
James Dodson
1885-David Steele.-On Covenanter identity, the American “civil” war and matters of taxation.
Read MoreCIRCULAR No. 3. A Concise History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church from the Middle of the Sixteenth Century and of the Reformed Presbytery from 1840 Till the Present Time.
James Dodson
1886-David Steele.-A sketch of RP history with special emphasis on the formation of the Reformed Presbytery (i.e., “Steelite”), in 1840, and its 19th century contendings.
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