The greatest mark that the gospel leaves on a soul is not the capacity to never get it wrong, but the capacity to incarnate grace, forgiveness, and community in imperfection. This can only occur when we have a more developed understanding of how the Gospel brings renewal and recreation to the events and relationships of …
The same experiences can lead to a pastor’s soul being an expression of trust and gratitude or lapsing into distance and cynicism. There will be injuries, but scars speak of an experience of healing while open wounds speak of ongoing (unrecognised / unaddressed / unresolved) pain. The pastor is not someone who has avoided injury, …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 26 Q & A 100 Q What special things are we to consider in the ten commandments? A We are to consider in the ten commandments, the preface, the substance of the commandments themselves, and several reasons annexed to some of them, the more to enforce them. Q & …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 24 Q & A 91 Q What is the duty which God requires of man? A The duty which God requires of man, is obedience to his revealed will *1. Q & A 92 Q What did God at first reveal unto man as the rule of his obedience? …
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