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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 13, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 29.1
This week we begin with Question 29 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 2 (questions 21-35), which focuses on Christ, redemption,...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 10, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 28.3
Question 28: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith? Answer: At the day of judgment they will receive the...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 1, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 27.2
Question 27: Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ? Answer: No, only those who are elected by God and...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 29, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 27.1
This week we begin with Question 27 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 2 (questions 21-35), which focuses on Christ, redemption,...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 10, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 15.3
Question 15: Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose? Answer: That we may know the holy nature and will of God, and the sinful...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 10, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 6.3
Question 6: How can we glorify God? Answer: We glorify God by enjoying him, loving him, trusting him, and by obeying his will, commands,...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jul 8, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 6.1
This week we come to Question 6 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 1 of the catechism (questions 1-20), which focuses on God,...
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Aaron O'Kelley
Apr 9, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 45.3
Paul's statements about baptism and about the ordinances in general in 1 Corinthians are enlightening for our understanding of them.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Apr 7, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 45.2
The New Testament associates baptism with the forgiveness of sins and other spiritual blessings, but not as their cause.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Apr 5, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 45.1
Does the outward act of baptism accomplish the washing away of our sins?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Apr 2, 20213 min read
New City Catechism 44.3
Does baptism save us? According to 1 Peter 3:21, the answer is not an easy yes or no.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Mar 31, 20213 min read
New City Catechism 44.2
Should we baptize believers only or believers and their children?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Mar 26, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 43.3
Through our act of going public with our faith in baptism and the Lord's Supper, the Holy Spirit strengthens us in the faith that we exercis
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Aaron O'Kelley
Mar 22, 20213 min read
New City Catechism 43.1
We speak of baptism and the Lord's Supper as "sacraments" or "ordinances". Is one term to be preferred over the other, and why?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Feb 19, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 38.3
If we are already forgiven of all sins in Christ, why should we confess our sins on a regular basis?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 29, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 35.3
Faith is the result of the miracle of the new birth, produced in us by the powerful work of the Holy Spirit.
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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 25, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 35.1
The only way we can come to Jesus in faith is if we are drawn to him by the powerful working of the Father. Faith is a gift.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 18, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 34.1
James does not contradict Paul on faith and works. He teaches that the kind of faith that saves is a faith that works.
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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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