Author: Peter Dietsch

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed questions 184-188. Here is a brief review. WLC 184  For what things are we to pray?A. We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God, the welfare of the…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed question 183. Here is a brief review. WLC 183  For whom are we to pray?A. We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth; for magistrates, and ministers; for ourselves,…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed question 182. Here is a brief review. WLC 182  How doth the Spirit help us to pray?A. We not knowing what to pray for as we ought, the Spirit helpeth our infirmities, by…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed questions 179-181. Here is a brief review. We are in the final sections of the Larger Catechism in which we have been learning about the ordinary means of grace: the ministry of the…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we resumed our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) as we studied and discussed question 178. Here is a brief review. We are in the final sections of the Larger Catechism in which we have been learning about the ordinary means of grace: the ministry…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed question 177, as well as arguments against the practice of paedocommunion. Here is a brief review. WLC 177  Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s supper differ?A. The sacraments of baptism…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed questions 174-176. Here is a brief review. WLC 174  What is required of them that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s supper in the time of the administration of it?A. It is required…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed question 171-173. Here is a brief review. WLC 171  How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s supper to prepare themselves before they come unto it?A. They that receive the sacrament…

Dear Church Family, I hope everyone has a happy and restful Thanksgiving! This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed question 170. Here is a brief review. WLC 170  How do they that worthily communicate in the Lord’s supper feed upon the body and…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed questions 168-169. Here is a brief review. WLC 168  What is the Lord’s supper?A. The Lord’s supper is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine according…