Well, tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. Whoever St Valentine was or was not, his feast day has come to be associated with romantic nights out and Hallmark cards. It isn’t the best expression of love that we have, but it’s still a day when our culture focuses quite publicly on a very specific kind of love,Continue reading “You Shall Love – A Valentine’s Day Anthology”
Category Archives: Theology
Catechism 6
How can we glorify God? We glorify God by enjoying him, loving him, trusting him, and by obeying his will, commands, and law. (New City Catechism) To think: God Almighty, walking in the Garden, in the cool of day, God Almighty stepping on our soil, walking in our dust, His hand, His palm, outstretched toContinue reading “Catechism 6”
Catechism 5
What else did God create? God created all things by his powerful Word, and all his creation was very good; everything flourished under his loving rule. (New City Catechism) Whether plant, knowing just where to look for sun, where to turn for air, sea-creatures teeming in the ocean’s whirl, birds neither sewing nor harvesting yetContinue reading “Catechism 5”
Catechism 4
How and why did God create us? God created us male and female in his own image to know him, love him, live with him, and glorify him. And it is right that we who were created by God should live to his glory. (New City Catechism) Complete in self, yet fitting that He shouldContinue reading “Catechism 4”
Catechism 3
How many persons are there in God? There are three persons in the one true and living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are the same in substance, equal in power and glory. (New City Catechism) Plural in the beginning: Let us make man… The Divine counsel gathered for this actContinue reading “Catechism 3”
Catechism 2
Who is God? God is the creator and sustainer of everyone and everything. He is eternal, infinite, and unchanging in his power and perfection, goodness and glory, wisdom, justice and truth. Nothing happens except through him and by his will. (New City Catechism) Sufficient, self-giving, Never without, Always unchanging, Free and enough. Contented, completed, NeverContinue reading “Catechism 2”
Catechism 1
What is our only hope in life and death? That we are not our own but belong, body and soul, both in life and death, to God and to our Saviour Jesus Christ. (New City Catechism) Not my own; what then? Within this case, these bones, this skin, World seen through these squinting eyes, HeartContinue reading “Catechism 1”