Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 47 Q & A 102 Q What do we pray for in the second petition? A In the second petition, which is, Your kingdom come, we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed;*1 and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced,*2 ourselves and others brought into it, and …
Ed Welch’s words should not be confined to teenagers. People of all ages can fall into this spiritual trap, and some churches encourage them along the way. “Hello, I am a moralistic therapeutic deist.” That’s the word from a number of evangelical teens. I really liked that phrase when I first read it, though it …
Get a taste of how those fortunate students at the (Presbyterian) Queensland Theological College can expect to be equipped by the teaching of their incoming principal, Gary Millar. Preaching Christ from the Old Testament is hard. It’s hard because the Old Testament text itself can be hard to deal with—it’s long, complicated, and culturally distant. …
At mgpc we have a time of corporate prayer during our Sunday evening meeting. These thoughts from Kevin DeYoung make me wonder if we could expand on that in some way. I particularly like the suggestion about not spending much time sharing prayer points. There’s no need to tell each other what we’re going to …
