From the keyboard of Robert Benn, moderator of the 2007 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, and received through the PresENews email network: Dear friends, On October 17th, this year, in Rome, Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first saint, is to be “canonized”. Of course we are interested in this, because some of our tax …
Long title, helpful material. David Powlison provides a guest post on Between Two Worlds. First he observes that this comedy sketch by Bob Newhart has a lot in common with some forms of contemporary counseling. Back in the day this was the common caricature of ‘nouthetic counselling’. Powlison then gives a half dozen contrasts between …
Lord’s Day 34 Q & A 92 Q. What does the Lord say in his law? A. God spoke all these words: “The First Commandment” I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. “The Second Commandment” You …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 33 Q & A 88 Q. What is involved in genuine repentance or conversion? A. Two things: the dying-away of the old self, and the coming-to-life of the new*1. Q & A 89 Q. What is the dying-away of the old self? A. It is to be genuinely sorry for …
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