Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 18 Q & A 32 Q What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life? A They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 23 59. Q. But how does it help you now that you believe all this? A. That I am righteous in Christ before God, and an heir of eternal life. 60. Q. How are you righteous before God? A. Only by true faith in Jesus Christ. In spite of the …
Tomorrow is Reformation Sunday, the closest Sunday to October 31, the date on which Martin Luther posted his 95 theses about disputed practices within the church. Protestant Churches use the date to commemorate and give thanks for the broader events of the period of the entire reformation. The year marks the 496th Less and less …
Tullian Tchividjian again on the idea that law keeping and lawlessness are not polar ends of a spectrum with the Gospel in the middle, but that they are properly understood as being two sides of the one self-righteous, rebellious coin, to which the Gospel is God’s redeeming and renewing response. This is helpful because it …
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