Last Saturday night I participated in a phone conversation that dealt with directions about various medical treatment choices that may or may not be needed for someone who is not capable of making those choices themselves. I found this article by Kathryn Butler at Desiring God covered a lot of the considerations that were being …
An in-depth article in The New Yorker dealing with dementia care and the way its practictioners struggle with the lying and untruths that are part of the life of carers and patients. Over the decades and even within among practitioners differing points of view and practices have been dominant and then given way to others. …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 35 Q & A 143 Q Which is the ninth commandment? A The ninth commandment is, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”. Q & A 144 Q What are the duties required in the ninth commandment? A The duties required in the ninth commandment are, the …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 29 Q & A 111 Q Which is the third commandment? A The third commandment is, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain”. Q & A 112 Q What …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 26 Q & A 100 Q What special things are we to consider in the ten commandments? A We are to consider in the ten commandments, the preface, the substance of the commandments themselves, and several reasons annexed to some of them, the more to enforce them. Q & …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 25 Q & A 98 Q Where is the moral law summarily comprehended? A The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments, which were delivered by the voice of God upon Mount Sinai, and written by him in two tables of stone;1 and are recorded in the …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 24 Q & A 91 Q What is the duty which God requires of man? A The duty which God requires of man, is obedience to his revealed will.*1 Q & A 92 Q What did God at first reveal unto man as the rule of his obedience? A …
