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 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…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed question 156-157. Here is a brief review. WLC 156  Is the word of God to be read by all?A. Although all are not to be permitted to read the word publickly to the…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed question 155. Here is a brief review. WLC 155  How is the word made effectual to salvation ?A. The spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the word an…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, in our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), we studied and discussed questions 152-154. Here is a brief review. WLC 152  What doth every sin deserve at the hands of God?A. Every sin, even the least, being against the sovereignty, goodness, and holiness of God,…

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we resumed our weekly Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) in questions 149-151. All three of these questions and answers deal with hamartiology, the study of the doctrine of sin. Here is a brief review. WLC 149  Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments…