The Lord is my Shepherd
Dearly beloved sheep of Christ, if you have Christ as your Shepherd and hear His voice and follow Him closely, all is well. You can sing Psalm 23 with genuine affection and confidence in your heart.
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The Race
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, &c”
Glory to God Alone
The great end or goal of all of life and existence is the glory of God. God created everyone and everything in this universe for His own glory. In this final article on the solas of the Reformation, we will consider the motto Soli Deo Gloria (glory to God alone) in two areas, namely, salvation and worship.
Grace Alone
We have been rescued from the greatest possible evil and we have been blessed with the greatest possible good. What more can we ask for? Surely, the least we can do is to be grateful to Him and to be filled with amazement at what He has done for us!
Faith Alone
Is justification by grace alone through faith alone or is it by grace through faith plus works? How does this Protestant or Biblical understanding of justification compare with the Roman Catholic view?
Jesus the only Mediator
Against false religions and ideas, our text affirms the truth that there is one God or as our Shorter Catechism puts it – there is but one only, the living and true God.
The Five Solas of the Reformation
The five solas of the Reformation refer to five principles that clearly distinguish the Reformers from the teachings of Rome. They lie at the center of what differentiates the theology of the Reformation from the theology of the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century.
For Thine is the Kingdom
WSC 107 of 107 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen Matthew 6:13b WSC 107. What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us? A. The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer—(which is, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, amen1)—teacheth us to take […]
Lead Us Not into Temptation
WSC 106 of 107 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil Matthew 6:13 WSC 106. What do we pray for in the Sixth Petition? A. In the Sixth Petition—(which is, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil1)—we pray, That God would either keep us from being tempted […]
Forgive us our Debt
WSC 105 of 107 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors Matthew 6:12 WSC 105. What do we pray for in the fifth petition? A. In the fifth petition—(which is, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors1)—we pray, That God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins;2 […]