Monthly Archives: August 2008

The Ten Commandments | part 13: second commandment & the regulative principle

Behind and implied by the second commandment is this “regulative principle of worship,” which is taught all throughout the Holy Scriptures. Listen to see how and where. http://media.urclearning.org/audio/SS-Ten_Commandments_13.mp3

Joshua 2:1-24 | Rahab’s Role

Rahab’s role in helping the Israelite spies demonstrates the ironic nature of the Kingdom of God. While she was known as a lowly prostitute she became an advocate for God glorifying Him. Likewise, Jesus Christ was a lowly man (not a sinner) that no one would suspect to be the Messiah. But His lowliness, through […]

Belgic Confession, Article 23 | Justification

Your conscience is at peace when you believe that you are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Scripture Lesson: Psalm 32

Joshua 1:1-18 | Acquisition of the Land

Joshua’s obedience to the Law points to Jesus’ obedience to the Law by which Christians have inherited heaven. New Testament Lesson: Hebrews 11:8-16

2 Thessalonians 3:1-18 | The Gospel and Vocation

Christians are motivated to work hard in their respective vocations when they understand the way in which Christ has restored the significance of work. Old Testament Lesson: Genesis 1:26-2:3

The Ten Commandments | part 12: second commandment & the regulative principle

Though the “regulative principle of worship” may be an odd or unfamiliar phrase, we hope you’ll come to undertsand and accept it as a good label for the second commandment’s authoritative import regarding worship. http://media.urclearning.org/audio/SS-Ten_Commandments_12.mp3

The Ten Commandments | part 11: second commandment & images

The Jesus statues and crucifixes of the Roman Catholics, and the Jesus pictures in children’s Bibles of the Evangelicals, are a testimony to our thinking we are wiser than God. We are trying to re-make Jesus in our own image in gross violation of the second commandment. http://media.urclearning.org/audio/SS-Ten_Commandments_11.mp3

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