In last nights reading I came to the 100th question of the Westminster Large Catechism. If you read down you will see the text. But it’s interest how all the reading research and study I am doing is seemingly being interconnected. Here is an example some doctrinal ideas being clarified. I’ve been studying the Canon’s… Continue reading Doctrine 101
Category: Confessions and Catechisms
The Spirit of Today
https://mikeratliff.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/the-great-white-throne-judgment-and-church-leadership-in-our-day/#more-11036?page_id=11036 As one caught up in the Spiritual Formation Movement for almost twenty years from the 1980’s it makes me sad how widespread this has grown. For me I was attracted to newness of the “old” being discovered. The desire was always to go deeper. To be closer to God. I bought books, I taught… Continue reading The Spirit of Today
Chosen
https://mikeratliff.wordpress.com/2024/03/31/that-which-prevails-over-death/#more-1020?page_id=1020 Mike gives a good message about God’s Chosen. John 6 is perhaps my favorite chapter in the Bible. Not only does John understand Jesus’ teaching on this subject, but he even quotes Jesus saying it at least two times. If you read these verses carefully you will even see how the process works, Jhn… Continue reading Chosen
He is Risen
I am continuing my journey into doctrines of the Reformed Church, which include the Westminster Standards and the Three form of Unity of the Dutch Reformation. Trinity United Reformed Church subscribes to the historic doctrines of the Reformation. These are collectively summarized in what is known as the Three Forms of Unity which is composed of:… Continue reading He is Risen