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 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…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed questions 166-167. Here is a brief review. WLC 166  Unto whom is baptism to be administered?A. Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, and so…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed questions 162-165. Here is a brief review. As these catechism questions define and describe the parts of sacraments, it would be helpful to begin with a better understanding of the history of the…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed questions 160-161. Here is a brief review. WLC 160  What is required of those that hear the word preached?A. It is required of those that hear the word preached, that they attend upon…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed question 158-159. Here is a brief review. WLC 158  By whom is the word of God to be preached?A. The word of God is to be preached only by such as are sufficiently…