From Reformed Dream to Reformed Reality: The Problem and Possibility of Reformed Church Unity
An address by Daniel R. Hyde to the thirty-eighth meeting of the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC) on November 13, 2012
To Prepare for Lord’s Day Worship, 15 September 2013
15 September 2013 — 10 AM Worship
| Scripture: | 1 Samuel 2:1–10 |
| Sermon: | “Thy Kingdom Come” |
| Hymns: | TH 369 — “Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns” |
| TH 310 — “Rejoice, the Lord is King” | |
| Psalm 113 + Doxology (Tune: Andre) | |
| Doxology: | TH 312 (stanza 4) — “Now Blessed Be the LORD Our God |
15 September 2013 — 3 PM Worship
| Larger Catechism #80–81 (paraphrased into modern English) | 80 Can you really be sure that you are in the state of grace and that you will persevere in it to salvation? |
| If I truly trust Jesus Christ and endeavour to walk in all good conscience before him, then I can—without extraordinary revelation— really be sure that I am in the state of grace and will persevere in it to salvation. This assurance comes through faith resting on the truth of God’s promises, and by the Holy Spirit enabling me to discern in myself those graces to which God makes the promises of life, and bearing witness with my spirit that I am a child of God. |
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| 81 Is every true believer always sure that he is in the state of grace, and that he will be saved? |
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| Because assurance of grace and salvation is not of the essence of faith, a true believer may wait long before he attains it; even after enjoying it, he may have it weakened and interrupted through various troubles, sins, temptations, or chastenings and testings. Even so, the Spirit of God will never leave him without such a presence and support that he will keep him from sinking into utter despair. |
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| Scripture: | John 6:37 |
| Sermon: | “Are You Really Sure? (2): Must You Be Sure?” |
| Hymns: | TH 644 — “Call Jehovah Your Salvation” |
| TH 464 — “I Was a Wandering Sheep” | |
| TH 456 — “By Grace I’m Saved” | |
| TH 501 — “Just As I Am” |
12 WAYS SIN HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE
David Murray asks:
Is there any greater help to interpreting and understanding the Bible than a deep sense of one’s own sin?
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The Church On Every Page of the Old Testament?
Barry York writes:
We have been promoting happily David Murray’s book, Jesus on Every Page, as it is such a clear presentation of how we can see Jesus throughout all of Old Testament literature as the Lord said we could (Luke 22:44; John 5:39). Could it also be true that we can find “the church on every page” in the Old Testament, or at least the church on almost every page?
I believe so. [KEEP READING]
Shellfish, slavery, and same-sex marriage: How not to read the Bible
One of my seminary classmates, Glenn Davies, writes:
In recent days a number of strange claims have been made about slavery and shellfish in the Bible.
The line normally goes something like this: although the Bible prohibits God’s people from eating shellfish and also endorses slavery, we can disregard these ethical instructions because we have come of age and can see things differently — indeed, more clearly — with our advanced knowledge and superior wisdom concerning what is right and wrong. Therefore, when it comes to novel concepts such as redefining marriage to include two persons of the same sex, we can simply abandon the teaching of the Bible, and in particular, even the teaching of Jesus, on the grounds that the Bible has been superseded by the moral insights of the twenty-first century.
This confused way of handling the Bible springs from an ignorance of the Bible’s own narrative. [KEEP READING]
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