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On Holidays, Change + Unwavering Hope

11 Dec

The Holidays can bring so much joy, but they can also bring along grief and pain. Maybe it's a lingering reminder of the past, a dark valley, the first holiday without a loved one, or a difficult relative. Maybe you are watching a loved one battle Alzheimers or dealing with a broken ... Read More about On Holidays, Change + Unwavering Hope

Chapter 10 – Effectual Calling

25 Nov

1. In God’s appointed and acceptable time, he is pleased to call effectually,1 by his Word and Spirit, those he has predestined to life. He calls them out of their natural state of sin and death to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ.2 He enlightens their minds spiritually and savingly to ... Read More about Chapter 10 – Effectual Calling

Chapter 9 – Free Will

24 Nov

1. God has endowed human will with natural liberty and power to act on choices so that it is neither forced nor inherently bound by nature to do good or evil.1 1Matthew 17:12; James 1:14; Deuteronomy 30:19. 2. Humanity in the state of innocence had freedom and power to will and to do what was ... Read More about Chapter 9 – Free Will

Chapter 8 – Christ the Mediator, 1689 LBCF

23 Nov

1. God was pleased, in his eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only begotten Son, according to the covenant made between them, to be the mediator between God and humanity.1 God chose him to be prophet,2 priest,3and king,4 and to be head and savior of the church,5 the heir of ... Read More about Chapter 8 – Christ the Mediator, 1689 LBCF

Chapter 7 – God’s Covenant, 1689 LBCF

22 Nov

1. Though rational creatures are responsible to obey God as their Creator, the distance between God and these creatures is so great that they could never have attained the reward of life except by God’s voluntary condescension. He has been pleased to express this through a covenant ... Read More about Chapter 7 – God’s Covenant, 1689 LBCF

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