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PREPARING FUTURE PASTORS, CHURCH PLANTERS, AND MISSIONARIES TO SHEPHERD GOD'S FLOCK TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND FOR THE GOOD OF HIS PEOPLE
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 27, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 35.2
Faith is the result of the Holy Spirit's work bringing to fruition God's eternal purpose in his chosen people.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 15, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 33.3
False teachers always add mediators alongside Christ and thus subtract from the glory of his saving work.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 13, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 33.2
Christ alone is our hope for salvation, and thus we must beware of adding anything to the gospel.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 11, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 33.1
Can we rely partly on God's grace and partly on our own efforts for salvation? Absolutely not.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 8, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 32.3
Sanctification is essential to our salvation. Without holiness, we would not be fit for Heaven.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 6, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 32.2
Our justification is a sharing in Christ's death and resurrection as the final judgment brought forward into history.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 4, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 32.1
Salvation affects both our standing with God and our personal condition. Both elements are necessary.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 30, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 31.2
The middle section of the Apostles' Creed gives us a basic summary of the gospel story.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 23, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 30.2
If we do not believe that the gospel is a true account of historical events, we cannot have saving faith. Faith requires assent to truth.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 2, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 27.2
Union with Christ by faith is the key difference between those who are right with God and those who remain condemned in Adam.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 27, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 26.3
How does the Bible picture the culmination of Christ's redeeming work?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 25, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 26.2
Christ died to redeem humanity. But how does the redemption of humanity affect the earth itself?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 20, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 25.3
The forgiveness of our sins is one half of justification, but the other half is the counting of Christ's righteousness to us.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 18, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 25.2
In order to be right with God, our sins must be forgiven. The death of Christ has secured this blessing for his people.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 16, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 25.1
The sacrifices of the old covenant were gracious gifts to Israel, but where did they fall short? How is Christ's sacrifice better?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 13, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 24.3
Christ has taken the place of his people in the final judgment. What is the result for us?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 9, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 24.1
Death is physical, spiritual, and eternal. The Bible's teaching on death must inform our understanding of Christ's death for us.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Oct 30, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 22.3
In what sense was Jesus tempted as we are? In what sense was his experience different from ours?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Oct 26, 20201 min read
New City Catechism 22.1
Jesus Christ obeyed God's law perfectly, succeeding where Adam failed. His obedience is central to our salvation.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Oct 23, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 21.3
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, but it is crucial that we understand that he is one Person. Why does this fine distinction matter?
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