Q. 19. What is God's providence towards the angels?A. God by his providence permitted some of the angels, willfully and irrecoverably, to fall into sin and damnation, limiting and ordering that, and all their sins, to his own glory; and established the rest in holiness and happiness; employing them all, at his pleasure, in the… Continue reading WLC – Q. 19. What is God’s providence towards the angels?
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WLC – Q. 18. What are God’s works of providence?
Q. 18. What are God's works of providence?A. God's works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures; ordering them, and all their actions, to his own glory. One is not going to find support for deism here in the Catechism! And the doctrinal teaching will be more… Continue reading WLC – Q. 18. What are God’s works of providence?
A Discernment Post
Lately I’ve been trying to steer away from the more controversial discernment posts, but last night my WLC reading challenged me with the significance of people saying or doing things they should know better about. Q. 151. What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?A. Sins receive their aggravations, (much listed… Continue reading A Discernment Post
The Risen Christ is Our Hope
Mike another timely post.... “Dualism was prevalent then as it is now. This belief system comes from Greek philosophy which taught that everything physical was evil to some degree while the spiritual was seen as intrinsically good. Therefore, the idea that eternity would be spent in physical, resurrected bodies was disgusting or repulsive to them.”… Continue reading The Risen Christ is Our Hope
Rainbow Trout 