Question 48: What is the church? Answer: God chooses and preserves for himself a community elected for eternal life and united by faith, who love, follow, learn from, and worship God together. God sends out this community to proclaim the gospel and prefigure Christ's kingdom by the quality of their life together and their love for one another. Why hasn't Jesus Christ returned to earth yet? Although we cannot know all the details of God's hidden plan, one thing we can affirm i

This week we begin with Question 42 of the New City Catechism, found in Part 3 (questions 36-52), which focuses on the Spirit, restoration, and growing in grace. Question 42: How is the Word of God to be read and heard? Answer: With diligence, preparation, and prayer; so that we may accept it with faith, store it in our hearts, and practice it in our lives. Psalm 1 lays out for us two divergent paths of life: one that follows the leading of the Word of God (vv. 1-3), and the

God has ordained that the good news of his Son should be communicated by human agency, and this is the focus of the church's mission.

In a world full of voices that seek to pull us toward God-defying thoughts and actions, Psalm 1 calls us to pursue Scripture diligently.

A word of encouragement and advice to pastors in rural settings. Your work matters.

Should we just preach the gospel, or also engage in activism, in order to combat racism? The issue isn't quite so simple as that.

You can learn a lot about a leader in the church by looking at the sins he will denounce vs. those who will nuance and qualify.

Sermons typically fall flat if they fail to land on the biblical text and/or on the hearts of the congregation.