Before the Face of God: A Study of the Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 25-52
We will now begin to discuss the sacraments. This is a very important topic, so important in fact, that the catechism devotes no less than seven Lord’s Days to it.
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Before the Face of God: A Study of the Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 1-24
The doomed man’s speech began. “Obey. . . pay respect to those placed in authority over you . . .” He raised his arms, as if in benediction, speaking of the true gospel which he had proclaimed, exhorting the people to persevere in the teachings of that gospel.
First the Jew But Also the Greek
When in the first century AD the Gospel of God’s Kingdom was preached to the nations of Western Europe, it met with opposition on all sides.
Modern Thinkers: Barth
For two years after the completion of his academic studies Karl Barth was the assistant of Martin Rade, the director of the well-known periodical, The Christian World, and his short career as a journalist undoubtedly affected the formulation of his later theology.
The Word of God and Science
The problem of the relation of the Bible to science is of fundamental importance for any group of Christians who engage in theoretical work. At the same time this customary formulation of the question, the relation of the Bible to science, is inadequate and requires expansion.
The Reality of Social Structures
The question for this paper is the status and nature of the structural entities which everyone experiences in his life; family, state, marriage, institutional church, business, labor union, etc.
Must the Church become Secular?
The most perplexing, and at the same time, the most vital question which faces the Christian community is her relation to the world. She may not flee the world she is called to be “in” the world – neither may she accommodate to the world – it is her very nature to be “out” of the world.
John Calvin on Creation
Calvin has two planes along which humanity can come to a knowledge of God. There is the special history of God’s covenantal purposes and the general history of God’s purposes with the entire world.
The Practice of Political Spirituality
Battles which go much deeper than the legal ones are being waged these days with regard to the separation of Church and State. As institutions, these may well be separate; statecraft (political activity) and spirituality (this in its biblical sense) cannot be.
Daylight: Daily Readings with the Bible
We do not drift into another year as pieces of wood on the stream of time. The new year is before us as a race to be run. God calls us to the race, and tells us how to run it.