Last Sunday I mentioned a panel from a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip which had to do with New Year Resolutions. Here’s the strip in question. The panel is the second one on the middle line, but it’s all gold. The easiest resolutions to make are those where we stay the same and everyone else …
Tim Keller takes a fair bit of John Newton, adds something of his own, and comes up with a list to assist with self-evaluation of one’s own character. If you’re into new-year oriented self-reflection this would be helpful in framing some resolutions. And don’t spend time applying these to someone else. That’s too easy. This …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 52 Q & A 196 Q What does the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us? A The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer (which is, For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.), teaches us to enforce our petitions with arguments, which are to …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 51 Q & A 195 Q What do we pray for in the sixth petition? A In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil), acknowledging, that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for various holy and just ends, may …
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