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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
Aug 7, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 10.3
Disobedience to parents is largely expected in our culture, but in Scripture it is regarded as defiance of God's authority.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Aug 5, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 10.2
How does the Sabbath ordinance point us toward the hope of our salvation?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Aug 3, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 10.1
What does the command to remember the Sabbath day mean for Christians in the new covenant era?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 31, 20201 min read
New City Catechism 9.3
What is God's name, and how should our desire to revere his name shape our prayers?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 29, 20201 min read
New City Catechism 9.2
Beware of using images in worship. True worship must be shaped according to God's revelation of himself in his Word.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 27, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 9.1
The Law instructs us, not only by what it forbids, but by what it teaches by implication.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 24, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 8.3
The tenth commandment stands apart from the rest in that it regulates internal desire rather than external action. What does that teach us?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 22, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 8.2
The last six of the Ten Commandments relate to our duties toward others. Here are brief meditations on commands 5-9.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 20, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 8.1
The Ten Commandments are the heart of God's covenant with Israel. The first four speak of duties toward God.
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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
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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