Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 9 Chapter 5 – Of Providence cont. (Paragraphs 5-7) V. The most wise, righteous, and gracious God, does often times leave for a season his own children to manifold temptations and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto …
Article about the counter-productive goal of perfection on Mockingbird blog recounts how Philip Humber, a US baseball pitcher who pitched a perfect major league game (retired 27 batters in a row, three up and three down, every inning for nine innings. No walks, no hits) and yet found himself cut from his team’s roster at …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 43 Q & A 171 Q How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper to prepare themselves before they come unto it? A They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves of their being …
Trevin Wax gives an account in which Abraham Lincoln suffers a great offense, and later includes the offender in his cabinet, making a dear friend of an enemy. Edwin Stanton supplanted Lincoln as lawyer in a law case, making his disdain of Lincoln’s professional skills and person known in ways very hurtful and humiliating to …
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