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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
Jan 20, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 34.2
Believers are not perfect, but they will never grow comfortable with sin and will show evidence of a desire to obey Christ.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 4, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 32.1
Salvation affects both our standing with God and our personal condition. Both elements are necessary.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 9, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 28.2
Is the doctrine of hell really necessary to the Christian faith?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 27, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 26.3
How does the Bible picture the culmination of Christ's redeeming work?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 25, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 26.2
Christ died to redeem humanity. But how does the redemption of humanity affect the earth itself?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 23, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 26.1
Sin's effects on the earth turned it into a graveyard, which it was never intended to be.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 18, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 25.2
In order to be right with God, our sins must be forgiven. The death of Christ has secured this blessing for his people.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Nov 13, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 24.3
Christ has taken the place of his people in the final judgment. What is the result for us?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Oct 30, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 22.3
In what sense was Jesus tempted as we are? In what sense was his experience different from ours?
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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
Oct 26, 20201 min read
New City Catechism 22.1
Jesus Christ obeyed God's law perfectly, succeeding where Adam failed. His obedience is central to our salvation.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Oct 16, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 20.3
What is the central meaning of the cross of Jesus Christ? How does his death have anything to do with us?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Oct 9, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 19.3
Christ's saving work has delivered us from sin in two ways. What are they?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Oct 2, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 18.3
How does God demonstrate judgments against sin in history? What is history leading up to?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 30, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 18.2
All sin is first and foremost about God, no matter how much it is or is not directed toward the harm of other people.
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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 16, 20201 min read
New City Catechism 16.2
Is it possible to live in such a way that is outwardly morally upright but still in completely rebellion against God?
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 14, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 16.1
Sin is not merely particular acts we commit. It is the pervasive direction of our lives in Adam and a power that holds us in bondage.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 11, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 15.3
What role does the law of God have in the lives of believers? We are not under the law, but it must continue to teach us.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Sep 9, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 15.2
God demands perfect obedience, which only Christ has ever rendered. Our hope for righteousness is in him alone.
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