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Aaron O'Kelley
Mar 28, 20223 min read
New City Catechism 44.1
This week we begin with Question 44 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 3 (questions 36-52), which focuses on the Spirit,...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 5, 20222 min read
New City Catechism 32.2
Question 32: What do justification and sanctification mean? Answer: Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 10, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 24.2
Question 24: Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? Answer: Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 8, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 24.1
This week we begin with Question 24 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 2 (questions 21-35), which focuses on Christ, redemption,...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Oct 27, 20211 min read
New City Catechism 22.2
Question 22: Why must the Redeemer be truly human? Answer: That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 17, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 16.3
Question 16: What is sin? Answer: Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 1, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 14.2
Question 14: Did God create us unable to keep his law? Answer: No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve,...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 6, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 5.2
Question 5: What else did God create? Answer: God created all things by his powerful Word, and all his creation was very good; everything...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Mar 29, 20213 min read
New City Catechism 44.1
Why do most Baptists insist that baptism be done by immersion in water? There are basically three arguments.
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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
Nov 11, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 24.2
The final judgment is necessary to Christian teaching. How does Jesus' death relate to it? What does it mean 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 28, 20201 min read
New City Catechism 22.2
Through his human nature, Jesus Christ died to take the punishment for our sins. The word "substitute" matters in our atonement doctrine.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 18, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 16.3
What is the connection between our sin and redemption and the creation itself? What does God have planned for the earth?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 2, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 14.2
What are the effects of Adam's fall on us? Is there some remnant of spiritual life left in us, or have we been totaled?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 23, 20202 min read
Partakers of the Divine Nature
What does it mean to become "partakers of the divine nature"?
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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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