https://youtu.be/i1DgrZgC64M Every education has a telos, whether it is explicitly stated or not. The point of our first study was to establish what is the telos of education according to Scripture. We then ended by distinguishing between education and schooling, which served as our bridge into today's topic, which shifts from the great governing idea …
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https://youtu.be/EEXSBBFDCk0 Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, "What road do I take?" The cat asked, "Where do you want to go?" "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't really matter, does it?" Without a destination in mind, choosing a path is rather pointless. After all, the …
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We come now to the final set of virtues. The first three we called the rooted disposition of a fruitful marriage. The next three are its visible expression. These last three round out the list with enduring fortitude because the connective fiber between these three is that they are lasting and enduring virtues. They are …
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We come now to the second set of virtues: patience, kindness, and goodness. If the first three were the rooted disposition of a fruitful marriage, these three are its visible expression. Of course, love, joy, and peace certainly have outward dimensions to them, but these virtues are outward by their very nature. Paul fittingly places …
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In each of these three lessons, we will consider three of the virtues that Paul lists as the fruit of the Spirit, so our first will be love, joy, and peace. There are real connections within these groupings. With our first set of virtues, we will discover the foundation for the ones that follow. Love, …
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fme87cehrvqNGvI78SaP3?si=89a0dedb32024f24 In our previous study, we began the final section of the catechism, which is called Restoration. As we noted back in Question 2, the premise of this section is to know “how I am to lead a thankful life of holiness and sexual purity in conformity to and union with Christ.” Question 27-30 initiated …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3d9BqJuD0NlppKi3gAkHWH?si=052c81d636aa40e4 As we begin the fourth and final part of this catechism, we should remind ourselves that Questions 1-2 are the introduction to everything. This catechism is aiming to teach us how we can find the comfort of our new identity in Christ. Now that we have seen the goodness of God’s design (Part 1), …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53E0BjtQ56dR3P4xB10ZB0?si=l-5ezlVZQs-FBw4uNvHh0A In our previous lesson, we moved through Part 2 of the New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality. Those questions focused upon the effects of humanity’s fall into sin upon our natural desires and the temptations that now arise from within our deceitful hearts. Although their subject matter is far from pleasant, it is essential …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ukIS5bYpx1VLyZLqKbTjc?si=xaVScHWSQPCb7zGuvsRYYw Let us begin again by reminding ourselves of the purpose of this catechism, which is expressed in question 1, to point us toward the great comfort that is to be found in our new identity in Jesus Christ. Question 2 gives us the roadmap for walking in that comfort by telling us the four …
