Kevin Reed
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Kevin Bruce Reed is an American
Presbyterian author, theologian, and publisher.
Reed grew up in Dallas, Texas
, and attended the Richardson, Texas public schools. He left Dallas in August 1973, to attend Moody Bible Institute
, in Chicago, Illinois, where he graduated with a diploma in Bible and theology in 1976. He later studied at the University of Texas at Dallas
, where he graduated with a B.A. in English.
Reed publishes through Presbyterian Heritage Publications, of Dallas. He has written extensively on Presbyterian worship practices, especially on the regulative principle of worship
, which is the belief that the scriptures provide a complete guide for how Christian worship ought to be done, and that things not specifically taught or commanded (such as the use of musical instruments in worship) should be avoided. Some of his books on worship include Biblical Worship, and Biblical Church Government. He has also been instrumental in reprinting classic Reformed authors such as John Knox
and Samuel Miller. Believing that major US Presbyterian church bodies are in error in their teachings, Reed is denominationally unaffiliated and worships with several other families in a Presbyterian house church
.
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Presbyterian author, theologian, and publisher.
Reed grew up in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, and attended the Richardson, Texas public schools. He left Dallas in August 1973, to attend Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute is a Christian institution of higher education and related ministries that was founded by evangelist and businessman Dwight Lyman Moody in 1886. Since its founding, MBI's main campus has been located in the Near North Side of Chicago. MBI's primary ministries are education,...
, in Chicago, Illinois, where he graduated with a diploma in Bible and theology in 1976. He later studied at the University of Texas at Dallas
University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at Dallas, also referred to as UT Dallas or UTD, is a public research university in the University of Texas System. The main campus is in the heart of the Richardson, Texas, Telecom Corridor, north of downtown Dallas...
, where he graduated with a B.A. in English.
Reed publishes through Presbyterian Heritage Publications, of Dallas. He has written extensively on Presbyterian worship practices, especially on the regulative principle of worship
Regulative principle of worship
The regulative principle of worship is a teaching shared by some Calvinists and Anabaptists on how the Bible orders public worship. The substance of the doctrine regarding worship is that God institutes in the Scriptures everything he requires for worship in the Church and that everything else is...
, which is the belief that the scriptures provide a complete guide for how Christian worship ought to be done, and that things not specifically taught or commanded (such as the use of musical instruments in worship) should be avoided. Some of his books on worship include Biblical Worship, and Biblical Church Government. He has also been instrumental in reprinting classic Reformed authors such as John Knox
John Knox
John Knox was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland. He was educated at the University of St Andrews or possibly the University of Glasgow and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1536...
and Samuel Miller. Believing that major US Presbyterian church bodies are in error in their teachings, Reed is denominationally unaffiliated and worships with several other families in a Presbyterian house church
House church
House church, or "home church", is used to describe an independent assembly of Christians who gather in a home. Sometimes this occurs because the group is small, and a home is the most appropriate place to gather, as in the beginning phase of the British New Church Movement...
.
Reed's writings and interactions with his work
- Reed on Celebrating Christmas
- Reed: Making Shipwreck of the Faith — Evangelicals and Roman Catholics Together
- Reed: Biblical Worship
- Book Review by Reed, Presbyterian Worship: Old and New — A Review and Commentary upon Worship in Spirit and Truth, a book by John Frame (Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co., 1996; paper, 171 pages)
- An Essay by Reed on Presbyterian Worship — An Extended Review and Commentary Based upon the Geneva Papers by James Jordan
- Reed on the Decline of American Presbyterianism
- Reed: Presbyterian Government in Extraordinary Times
- Reed: Biblical Church Government
- Reed: True and False Worship
- Interaction with Reed's Monograph Presbyterian Government in Extraordinary Times
- Appendix G in The Covenanted Reformation Defended by Greg Barrow: A brief examination of Mr. Bacon's principles regarding the visible church and the use of private judgment. Also, some observations regarding his ignoble attack upon Kevin Reed in his book entitled The Visible Church in the Outer Darkness