Author: Peter Dietsch

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday we covered questions 36-37. Here is a brief review. Here, we begin a series of lessons on the Lord Jesus Christ’s Person (WLC 36-45) and work (WLC 46-56) as the only Mediator of the covenant of grace.…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday we covered questions 34-35. Here is a brief review. In our study of the covenant of grace, in our last lesson, we emphasized the continuity between the old and new covenants. These questions and answers of the…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday we covered questions 32-33. Here is a brief review. Overview of WLC 30-35 – The Covenant of Grace This section of the WLC (Q 30-35) describes the covenant of grace in general terms: Q30 – The ground…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday we covered questions 31. Here is a brief review. Review of WLC 30 – The Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace Since we returned to our Sunday school lesson series in the Westminster Larger Catechism…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday we covered questions 29-30. Here is a brief review. WLC 29  What are the punishments of sin in the world to come?A. The punishments of sin in the world to come, are everlasting separation from the comfortable…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday we covered questions 26-28. Here is a brief review. WLC 26  How is original sin conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity?A. Original sin is conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity by natural generation,…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday we covered questions 21-25. Here is a brief review. WLC 21  Did man continue in that estate wherein God first created him?A. Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, through the temptation…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday we covered questions 19-20. Here is a brief review. WLC 19  What is God’s providence towards the angels?A. God by his providence permitted some of the angels, wilfully and irrecoverably, to fall into sin and damnation, limiting…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday, we covered question 18. Here is a brief overview. WLC 18  What are the works of providence?A. God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures; ordering them, and…

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday, we covered questions 14-17. Here is a brief overview. WLC 14  How doth God execute his decrees?A. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and…