Indeed, what would you say to people who say they are hungry, but refuse the delectable food that is offered, and instead shatter their teeth trying to eat gravel? You would say that they are crazy.
Read MoreBroadly speaking, then, the Bible gives us a two-pronged approach to the Christian discipleship. We study and we obey. We learn and we act. We think and we live. This is what God desires from us. So come into God’s presence to learn. And leave his presence to obey.
Read MoreThe song of Moses is also our song. After all, are we not wanderers as well? We are also sojourners looking for a home.
Read MoreJust what exactly is the “normal” or “ideal” Christian life? Some say that the Christian life is lived most fully when God’s presence and favor are felt close at hand, the heart brims over with joyful praise, and we conquer all our enemies, be they our besetting sins or our enemies. It all sounds so wonderful.
Read MoreQ. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
A. The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.
Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
Read MoreA. The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
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