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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 15, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 7.2
Have you ever wondered why God commanded, "Love your neighbor as yourself" instead of, "Love humanity"? What does that wording teach us?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 13, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 7.1
The law of God placed on our hearts and given as a written testimony to Israel points us in one direction: toward love for God and neighbor.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 10, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 6.3
How do our works of obedience relate to faith? Why should we pursue good works if we know that good works do not save us?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 8, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 6.2
Why does God command us to praise him? Does our praise add anything to him? If not, what's the point?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 6, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 6.1
Glorifying God begins with faith. What is faith, and how does it glorify God?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 3, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 5.3
We live wisely when we live according to God's design instead of rebelling against it. The book of Proverbs shows that this is true wisdom.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 1, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 5.2
What does it mean that God created the world "very good"? What has gone wrong, and how is it made right?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 29, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 5.1
When it comes to our understanding of God and creation, we basically have four options: pantheism, atheism, panentheism, or theism.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 26, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 4.3
Did God create us out of love or for the purpose of his own glory? Those are not two separate options.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 24, 20203 min read
New City Catechism 4.2
What are the God-ordained differences between men and women, and why do they matter?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 22, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 4.1
What is the image of God, and what implications does it have for our understanding of who we are as human beings?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 19, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 3.3
How would belief in a single-person god completely change the Christian faith? It would leave us with no gospel.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 17, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 3.2
If Father, Son, and Spirit are the same in essence, how can they be distinguished from one another? The church has answered this before.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 15, 20203 min read
New City Catechism 3.1
The doctrine of the Trinity is essential to the gospel. Why is it that a denial of the Trinity unravels the whole of our faith?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 12, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 2.3
How far does God's sovereignty extend? Is it limited by human freedom? Or does God's sovereignty cancel our responsibility?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 10, 20203 min read
New City Catechism 2.2
In theology, we can speak of both God's "incommunicable" attributes and his "communicable" attributes. Here's why this matters.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 8, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 2.1
God is creator and sustainer of all. Scripture teaches the distinct doctrines of creation and providence.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 5, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 1.3
What does the title "Savior" mean? What is it that he saves us from?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 3, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 1.2
Our hope is not in self-determination, but in surrender to God.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jun 2, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 1.1
Hope shapes the vision of our lives. It carries us through all the ups and downs of this world.
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