This week we begin with Question 29 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 2 (questions 21-35), which focuses on Christ, redemption,...

Question 28: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith? Answer: At the day of judgment they will receive the...

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...

This week we begin with Question 27 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 2 (questions 21-35), which focuses on Christ, redemption,...

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...

Question 6: How can we glorify God? Answer: We glorify God by enjoying him, loving him, trusting him, and by obeying his will, commands,...

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,...

Paul's statements about baptism and about the ordinances in general in 1 Corinthians are enlightening for our understanding of them.

The New Testament associates baptism with the forgiveness of sins and other spiritual blessings, but not as their cause.

Does the outward act of baptism accomplish the washing away of our sins?

Does baptism save us? According to 1 Peter 3:21, the answer is not an easy yes or no.

Should we baptize believers only or believers and their children?

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

We speak of baptism and the Lord's Supper as "sacraments" or "ordinances". Is one term to be preferred over the other, and why?

If we are already forgiven of all sins in Christ, why should we confess our sins on a regular basis?

Faith is the result of the miracle of the new birth, produced in us by the powerful work of the Holy Spirit.

Faith is the result of the Holy Spirit's work bringing to fruition God's eternal purpose in his chosen people.

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.

James does not contradict Paul on faith and works. He teaches that the kind of faith that saves is a faith that works.

False teachers always add mediators alongside Christ and thus subtract from the glory of his saving work.