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This site is not an official arm of any church or Brethren fellowship. The content, opinions, and doctrinal perspectives are solely those of David S. Mohler.

The blog domain name "BReformed" is twofold in its implication: 1) It is shorthand for "Brethren Reformation"; 2) it is a call to "Be reformed" in the sense of correcting, or reforming, the drift that has occurred among various Brethren groups.

The content of this blog is presupposed to the Doctrines of Grace in particular, and Calvinism generally. But the moniker "BReformed", and the use of "Reformation" is not meant to imply that Reformed Theology is espoused here.

The general purpose of this blog is to call Brethren back to core doctrinal distinctives proclaimed during the post-reformational growth of the 17th & 18th century Brethren church as documented by history, and confirmed to be true by scripture. Those distinctives include what is today called "Lordship Salvation", and was expressed by Alexander Mack in 1715; the authority of the church in spiritual matters; oversight of the church by ordained elders instead of congregational boards; the superior benefit of the studied lay-preacher as opposed to an employed clergy; the historically and doctrinally accurate practice of the threefold communion; the rejection of infant baptism; the practice of baptism of believers by immersion as the most historical and biblical picture of the Trinitarian work of salvation; the requirement of baptism for membership in the local church; the requirement of baptism for participation in the Communion service; a return to theological hymnology; a return to the doctrine of non-resistance; a return to the headcovering for women who participate in congregational prayer or provide instruction in the church; the rejection of mysticism, icons, and extra-biblical revelation; and the rejection of creeds, and creedal-equivalents, when used as a plumbline for holy living.

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