Preaching the unquenchable love of Christ!
"Four hundred years ago in 1618, the Synod of Dordt, a Synod of Reformed theologians, began to meet in the Dutch city of Dordrecht. The fruit of that great Synod, which concluded in 1619, is the Reformed creed or confession, the Canons of Dordt. The history behind the great Synod of Dordt begins with a …
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Form for the Administration of Holy Baptism to Infants: First, that we with our children are conceived and born in sin, and therefore are children of wrath, in so much that we cannot enter into the kingdom of God, unless we are born again. This is what sprinkling with water teaches us, by which the …
We are assured also in our Form of Baptism, that our Father will, "avert all evil from us, or turn it to our profit." Notice, very naively, as if the foregoing were not really meant seriously, the statement concludes with: or turn it to our profit. The sense of this is that evil will clearly come and is not averted …
In our baptism form, we read that, the Father will also, "provide us with all good, and avert all evil from us, or turn it to our profit." Of all good! What does this mean? From the common viewpoint of our selfish natural life, good is only what satisfies our desires and soothes our passions. Those things of …
“We and Our Children” “God’s Grace in Salvation” WE WITH OUR CHILDREN ARE CONCEIVED AND BORN IN SIN A frightful confession? Yes, But a confession God wants to hear from us. It was familiar to previous generations, but not this one. A generation that has died under the influence of the mind-altering drug of evolution, …
“From the Qur’an to the Bible” “From Muhammad to Jesus” FROM THE QUR’AN 1. The Christian Scriptures Many Muslims and their Clerics speak of the Holy Bible as Muhammad never would. They speak of Christians and Jews that have corrupted the Bible, that it’s not trustworthy. Muhammad did not speak in this way and neither …
We hear people speaking in their prayers to the Saviour only. We hear them singing in their hymns to Jesus only. It is a kind of Jesus-only worship. A Reformed person does not join them. He calls this one-sided and shallow. He certainly can still approve of a song that comforts his soul, such as …
