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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 14-17)

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

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 11-13)

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday, we covered questions 11-13. Here is a brief overview. WLC 11  How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father?A. The scriptures manifest that

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 8-10)

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC), this past Sunday, we covered questions 8-10. Here is a brief overview. WLC 8  Are there more Gods than one?A. There is but one only, the living and true God. The fact that the Christian

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 4-7)

Dear Church Family, Continuing in our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism, this past Sunday, we covered questions 4-7. Here is a brief overview. WLC 4  How doth it appear that the Scriptures are the word of God? A. The Scriptures manifest themselves to be the word of

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 1-3)

Dear Church Family, After a brief overview of the Westminster Larger Catechism, in our Sunday school lesson this past Sunday we began our study of the actual questions and answers. In the present context, it would be too much to give a detailed account of the class, but here are

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The Imperative of Catechesis

Dear Church Family, As I wrote last week, this past Sunday we began a new Sunday school lesson series in the Westminster Larger Catechism. In our first introductory lesson, we talked about the historical context in which the Westminster Standards were written in England in the 1640s. We also talked

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Sunday School: The Westminster Larger Catechism

Dear Church Family, This coming Sunday, September 18th (9:15-10:15 am), we will begin a new study of the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC). If you have your own copy, you’re welcome to bring it; however, copies of the WLC will be distributed in the class. In our first class this Sunday,

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The Gospel According to Mark: Proclaiming the Victory of God

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we began a new sermon series in the Gospel according to Mark. If you weren’t present – or would like to review the sermon – the audio recording is available on the church website here: https://hillcountrypca.org/all-sermons/. As I mentioned on Sunday, we’re going to

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HCPCA 2022 Fall Schedule

Dear Church Family, It’s only the middle of August, but the summer seems to be coming to a close already as kids head back to school and people’s schedules start changing once again. In our family, three of our four children will be departing this week. Stephen and Lydia are

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HCPCA Officer Training Class

Dear Church Family, For the last couple of weeks, there has been an announcement in the bulletin regarding the officer training class that I will be teaching on Monday evenings at our home, beginning on September 12th. Herein, I wish to give an exhortation (and reasoning) for all the men

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