Today I finished reading Robert Letham’s recently published book The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context. While I didn’t agree with all of Letham’s conclusions, I was nonetheless greatly helped in better understanding the doctrines I confess and the tradition with which I’m identified. I’m very thankful for his work.

Here is his summary of Puritanism:

The chief point at issue for the Puritans was whether the church has the right to bind consciences with anything other than the declarations of the Bible (18).