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Question 32: What Do Justification and Sanctification Mean?

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mfNMf87iWhAAQ6lza43Qi?si=Okc1BO8jSFyc0rGD9-Dakw Throughout the Scriptures, we find our salvation being described to us on three fronts: past, present, and future. We have been saved, we are being saved, and we will be saved. These aspects of salvation are what the terms justification, sanctification, and glorification are naming. Romans 8:30’s golden chain of salvation (“And those whom …

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Biblical Wisdom

My Son, Eat Honey | Proverbs 24:13-14

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My son, eat honey, for it is good,and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.Know that wisdom is such to your soul;if you find it, there will be a future,and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 24:13-14 ESV The book of Proverbs is divided into two large sections. Chapters 1-9 …

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A Sermon to the Catechumens on the Creed | Augustine

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You can find this sermon and other introductory works of Augustine in this excellent volume. Of course, Confessions is always the best introduction to the writings of Augustine. 1. Receive, my children, the Rule of Faith, which is called the Symbol (or Creed ). And when you have received it, write it in your heart, …

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On First Clement

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Bo8RvyoD6WXebqBIBJKSU?si=oKmu6RvpT-OrYVY2wjH6ww The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians is one of the earliest Christian writings outside of the New Testament. Let's discuss what it says! In Relatione (relevant links) Eowyn's Recommendation: A Child's Introduction to Ballet (Revised and Updated): The Stories, Music, and Magic of Classical Dance Here is the edition that I read: …

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Question 31: What Do We Believe by True Faith?

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Aq1rykzVv05wiLgMnQdC1?si=5QC7eci6Swi-XIjFL3831Q Having answered what it means to have faith in Christ, the New City Catechism now takes us into doctrinal substance of our faith, which is summarized in the Apostles’ Creed. The main reason that we should affirm the Apostles’ Creed is that it is a faithful summary of essential Christian doctrine; it is a …

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Biblical Worship

Praise in Their Throats & Swords in Their Hands | Psalm 149

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Praise the LORD!Sing to the LORD a new song,           his praise in the assembly of the godly!Let Israel be glad in his Maker;            let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!Let them praise his name with dancing,            making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!For the LORD takes pleasure in his people;            he adorns …

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On Daily Worship

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dgWajc9qapwnR15Nr3W4L?si=4ibE2BSJQKaCepDlEexzew In this inaugural episode of Ex Libris Ad Cor, I discuss Jonathan Gibson's book Be Thou My Vision and the broader subject of daily worship/devotionals/quiet-time. In Relatione (relevant links) The Story Orchestra: Swan Lake Be Thou My Vision (my review) O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (my review) O Sacred Head Now Wounded Creeds, Catechisms, and …

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Looking Forward | Looking Back (2023)

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2023 was a fun year. Our third daughter was born in April, and I preached through Hebrews in less than a year. Both have been inexpressible blessings, yet the Lord has used both to set my hip out of joint, leaving me with a metaphorical limp to remember this year’s wrestlings. I do have a …

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Question 29: How Can We Be Saved?

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pYqBYN6YUbGnTHelawztG?si=suF8O04_Rsap8rhx-Aq04w When it comes to our own eternal destinations, there is no question that is more important than this one. Of course, many previous questions are more foundational than this one, and it cannot properly be understood without them. Yet when it comes to each persons immortal soul and future resurrection to either life everlasting …

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Consider Jesus

The Great Shepherd of the Sheep | Hebrews 13:20-25

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Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be …

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