Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 31 83. Q. What is the office of the keys? A. The preaching of the holy and Christian discipline. By these two means the kingdom of heaven is opened to believers and shut against unbelievers. 84. Q. How is the kingdom of heaven opened and shut by the preaching of …
I’m on the road tomorrow morning, but mgpc is planned to go like this: Songs of preparation: Amazing Grace; Saviour, Like A Shepherd Lead Us; and God Is Our Strength And Refuge. Testimony of assurance and faith: Consider Christ; Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 32; and Unto God Be Praise And Honour. From God’s Word: John 19:1-22; …
Australian ABC Radio National’s Encounter program has an episode featuring Australian military chaplains during World War 1. The program is available for listening at Encounter’s web page. Here’s the introduction: On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we focus on the men and women known affectionately as ‘padres’, chaplains who have …
This seems so weird, but is based on the premise of being without company, phone, pen, paper, book, music or anything. The whole situation stands at odds with the observations about having too much to do or being overloaded with busyness. The very situation we contend plagues us, we’re actually addicted to. People apparently can’t …
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