Question 51: Of what advantage to us is Christ's ascension? Answer: Christ physically ascended on our behalf, just as he came down to...

Question 38: What is prayer? Answer: Prayer is pouring out our hearts to God in praise, petition, confession of sin, and thanksgiving....

Question 33: Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else? Answer: No, they...

Question 32: What do justification and sanctification mean? Answer: Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made...

Question 32: What do justification and sanctification mean? Answer: Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made...

This week we begin with Question 32 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 2 (questions 21-35), which focuses on Christ, redemption,...

Question 29: How can we be saved? Answer: Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even...

Question 26: What else does Christ’s death redeem? Answer: Christ’s death is the beginning of the redemption and renewal of every part of...

Question 25: Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven? Answer: Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the...

Question 25: Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven? Answer: Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the...

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,...

The ascension of Christ is the linchpin of our assurance before God.

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

Christ alone is our hope for salvation, and thus we must beware of adding anything to the gospel.

Sanctification is essential to our salvation. Without holiness, we would not be fit for Heaven.

Our justification is a sharing in Christ's death and resurrection as the final judgment brought forward into history.

Salvation affects both our standing with God and our personal condition. Both elements are necessary.

God demands absolute perfection, and in Christ, that is exactly what we have.

Christ died to redeem humanity. But how does the redemption of humanity affect the earth itself?

The forgiveness of our sins is one half of justification, but the other half is the counting of Christ's righteousness to us.