A meditation on faith by Ron Block. Faith isn’t something we drum up or fight for. We don’t pull up our faith-bootstraps and try to believe. Faith is more than intellectual assent to ideas about God; it is the outcome of any real moment of intimate contact with him. When we are fearful or unbelieving, …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 33 88. Q. How many parts are there to the true repentance or conversion of man? A. Two: the dying of the old self and the birth of the new. 89. Q. What is the dying of the old self? A. Sincere sorrow over our sins and more and more …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 32 86. Q. Since we are redeemed from our sin and its wretched consequences by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why must we do good works? A. Because just as Christ has redeemed us with his blood he also renews us through his Holy Spirit according …
Maybe its because I’ve started cranking the treadmill at the gym up to a bit of a canter in the mornings, but this article by Stephen McAlpine caught my eye. A 51 year old pastor with a passion for running McAlpine comments on completing the second half of a recent half-marathon (about 10kms) in a …
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