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The Heidelberg Catechism — God Is Terribly Displeased With Our Sin
After a short recap of Question 9, Pastor Nate Harlan takes the class through Question 10 of the Heidelberg Catechism, which concerns itself with God’s just judgment of disobedience and apostasy.
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The Heidelberg Catechism — Is God Unjust to Man?
After reviewing our study of Question 8, Pastor Nate Harlan continues to the next question and answer in The Heidelberg Catechism concerning the depravity of man and the justice of God: Q. But does not God do man an injustice by requiring in his law what man cannot do? A. No, for God so created…
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The Heidelberg Catechism: Wholly Incapable of Doing Any Good
After a short review of Question 7 of the Heidelberg Catechism, Pastor Nate Harlan leads a discussion on Question 8: “Are we then so corrupt that we are wholly incapable of doing any good, and inclined to all wickedness? Answer: Indeed we are; except we are regenerated by the Spirit of God.”
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The Heidelberg Catechism: All Conceived and Born in Sin
In this lesson, Pastor Nate Harlan and the attendees of this Trinity Evangelical Church family study look at the doctrine of federal headship, a doctrine spoken about in Romans 5, especialy verse 15: “For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace…
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The Heidelberg Catechism: Man’s Depraved Nature
This week, Pastor Nate Harlan and the family study discuss Question 7 of the Heidelberg Catechism: “From where, then, did man’s depraved nature come?”
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The Heidelberg Catechism: God Created Man Good
We review Question 6 of the Heidelberg Catechism: “Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?” We consider how something created as good could become corrupt.
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The Heidelberg Catechism: Prone by Nature to Hate God
After finishing up Question 4 of the Heidelberg Catechism, Pastor Nate Harlan brings us to Question 5: “Canst thou keep all this (the law of God) perfectly? No: for I am by nature prone to hate God and my neighbor.”
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The Heidelberg Catechism: The Law of God Tells Me
In order to find comfort in this world, we need first to be honest about our sin and misery. Pastor Nate Harlan leads us through the next few questions of the Heidelberg Catechism in which we contrast our felt needs with our true needs as explained by Scripture.
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The Heidelberg Catechism: How Great My Sins and Miseries Are
How may we live and die happily? The Heidelberg Catechism gives a three-fold answer: Know your great sin, know who delivers you from that sin, and know how to express your gratitude to God for your deliverance. Pastor Nate Harlan leads us through this family study.
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The Heidelberg Catechism: The Comfort of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit
This week, Pastor Nate Harlan and the family study really do wrap up our discussion of the first question of the Heidelberg Catechism: What is your only comfort in life and death?