Introduction In previous weeks I've used one particular image or illustration to help us as we've been working our way through the church's Shorter Catechism. I've suggested that we can think of the Catechism as a house. You go into a house and immediately you come into the hallway where there's a choice to make. … Continue reading WSC 039 Our duty →

Introduction We've spent 56 weeks studying our church's Shorter Catechism together. 56 weeks and 107 questions and answers. And today we'll spend our time summarising what we're learned. Now, you might recall that I've often used the image of a house to help us as we've worked our way through the Catechism. Think about a … Continue reading WSC Conclusion →

Introduction This evening we've reached the end of the Lord's Prayer. And we've also reached the end of the Catechism. What I intend to do next Sunday is to review the Catechism and all that we've learned. And this evening, we'll spend our time thinking about the conclusion to the Lord's Prayer which is: For … Continue reading WSC 107 Seventh request →

Introduction We're almost at the end of the Lord's Prayer. So far we're learned that when we pray, we should pray with others and for others. And we should direct our prayers to our loving, heavenly Father. Since he is loving, we should be confident that he will hear our prayers and help us. And … Continue reading WSC 106 Sixth request →

Introduction We're working our way through the Lord's Prayer, this prayer which the Lord Jesus taught his disciples after they asked him how to pray. And so far, we've seen that the words 'Our Father in heaven' teach us that we're to pray with and for others; and we can pray with confidence because we're … Continue reading WSC 105 Fifth request →

Introduction We're half way through the Lord's Prayer. The prayer begins, you'll remember, with the words: 'Our Father in heaven.' And we've seen already that the word 'our' teaches us that we're to pray with others and for others. And the word 'Father' teaches us to pray with confidence, because we're praying to our Father … Continue reading WSC 104 Fourth request →

Introduction We're working our way through the Lord's Prayer in our series of sermons on our Church's Shorter Catechism. The little word 'our' teaches us that we're to pray with others and for others. The word 'Father' teaches to pray with confidence, because we're praying to our Father who loves us and is willing to … Continue reading WSC 103 Third request →

Introduction We're at that part of our church's Shorter Catechism which is about prayer. And, we're thinking about the Lord's Prayer in particular and what we can learn about prayer from it. And, among other things, we've learned that prayer involves the offering up of our desires to God. So, in prayer we bring before … Continue reading WSC 102 Second request →

Introduction For the last two sermons, we've been thinking about what our church's Catechism says about prayer. First of all, there was question and answer 98 of our Catechism which asked: 'What is prayer?' And the answer explained that prayer involves the offering up of our desires to God. So, in prayer we can bring … Continue reading WSC 101 First request →

Introduction We're at that part of the Catechism which is about the means of grace: the means by which the Lord Jesus gives to us all the benefits of his redemption. He wants to give us justification by which we're pardoned for all that we have done wrong and we're accepted as righteous in the … Continue reading WSC 100 Our Father →