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All tagged Westminster Confession of Faith
So back to the original question, can those in the Reformed Tradition bring anything to the table among interfaith discussions and even among the non-believer regarding political engagement towards virtue? Absolutely.
The individual who misses corporate worship is distinctly and definitively lacking in the edification and strength necessary to pursue Christian holiness and faithfulness.
Reformed Theology says that history only matters morally because of God's eternal decree.
I will be decisively less interested in presenting my arguments than Cooper. But I do hope to encourage some Reformed thinking.
I say in all humility that the Shorter Catechism should read "forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to righteousness."
"All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all" (WCF I.VII)
A responsive & corporate liturgy takes the focus away from the individual and paradoxically strengthens the individual. Conversely, a liturgy that caters to the individual ironically isolates the individual in the experience they are having.