The High Priest represented the people before God as a succession of called individuals who shared the frailties of their brethren; Jesus represents his people before God as an enduring and royal appointment and his character has learned empathy with our frailties through his faultless character. For those unable to join us at MGPC, the …
It is counter-productive for disciples of Jesus to buy into our society’s capacity to alleviate physical or psychological suffering to the extent that we also accept its preoccupation with the concept that all suffering is meaningless and can be avoided by careful management. To buy into that belief is to move from a gospel of …
It’s been disconcerting observing Christians who twelve months ago were critiquing the cultural norms as being impediments to Christian witness praying for those cultural norms to be restored in the context of current social disruptions. While Christians don’t have to want things to be as bad as they can be, and things being as bad …
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 42 Q & A 96 Q What is the Lord’s Supper? A The Lord’s Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ’s appointment, his death is showed forth1; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by …
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