The Comfort of Providence (HC 27-28)
/Being God’s children means trusting him in all things, knowing that nothing can happen to us that he does not determine is for our good.
Our Father (HC 26)
/To call God our Father is to confess that we belong to him as children a Father, that we are his heirs and that he loving cares for and provides for us.
The Trinity (HC 24-25)
/The one true God of the Bible exists in three persons—the Father who decrees salvation, the Son who accomplishes salvation, and the Spirit who applies that salvation to the elect.
The Substance of True Faith (HC 22-23)
/The articles of the Christian faith, without which you no longer have a Christian faith, are summarized in the Apostles' Creed.
What Is True Faith (HC 21)
/True saving faith means accepting God’s word as not just true, but true for you so that it affects your life.
Are All Saved? (HC 20)
/Only those who are no longer in Adam, but are now in Christ by faith will be saved on the Last Day.
The Mediator (HC 18-19)
/The scriptures reveal that Jesus Christ is the long-awaited Redeemer who is both God and man and redeems his people from their sin.
Why the God-man? (HC 15-17)
/The substitute must be a man so that he can die and that in the place of sinful men and he must be God so that he can bear the crushing fullness of his own wrath.
Unsuitable Substitutes (HC 13-14)
/No mere animal or sinful man can be offered as substitute for the debt we owe to God for our sins.
Satisfying Justice (HC 12)
/God’s justice is a good thing and it requires that every sin be punished, but this can be done by a substitute.
Conclusion to the Church as a Worshipping Community
/What have we learned through our study of looking at the Church as a worshipping community?
Pursuing Peace and Edification
/Romans 14:19 instructs us to "pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding". We will discuss what this means and how we go about putting it into practice.
Bearing One Another's Burdens
/Today we'll focus on specific ways to bear one another's burdens and how to encourage one another in the faith.
The Lord is My Refuge
/We will discuss what it means to see the Lord as our refuge and to seek safety in him.
The Use of the Psalms
/Today we will review the use of the psalms with a particular focus on the children.
Guest Teacher Pastor Rick DeMaas
/Pastor Rick DeMaas is the Associate Pastor at Faith Presbyterian in Tacoma, WA.
Imprecatory Psalms
/A number of psalms and some sections in the psalms have been labeled as 'imprecatory', which means they call for judgment, calamity or curses on ones enemies. The New Testament instructs us to bless our enemies and not to curse. Are we then to ignore or set aside these psalms? If not, then what place do these passages have in our lives? We will wrestle with these questions in Sunday School.
Psalms of Praise
/We will begin our time with singing from the psalter and sharing some thoughts on the psalms as God inspired poetry. The rest of our time will be given to looking at psalms of praise which include what are known as royal and kingship psalms.
Psalms of Lament
/This week we will begin looking at the different types of psalms starting with the lament. The goal is that over the next several weeks we will become familiar enough with the different types of psalms that we can identify and use them according to our needs.