It is my belief that modern Christianity cannot comprehend its spiritual heritage apart from the Swiss Reformation in particular. I grant that the German Reformation played somewhat of a role, but the Lutheranism that was handed over to contemporary Protestants was frequently too closely associated with many of the tenets of Roman Catholicism. For instance, both Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism teach a doctrine of infused grace when one is baptized or receives the Lord’s Supper. Regarding the Lord’s Supper particularly, a hair-fine difference exists between the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation and the Lutheran view of consubstantiation.
Congratulations to ’23 alumnus David Voytek on sustaining his licensure exam before the Western Classis of the RCUS. David is now officially a licentiate, authorized to preach the Gospel and accept a call to a congregation. May the Lord bless you, David, as you seek His will and as you minister in the field white for harvest!
Worshiping as a synod is a joyful experience, filled as it is with praise of our glorious God via His Word proclaimed, a multitude of voices joined in rousing response, and dependence on Him evidenced by the prayers of His saints thankful for His grace and love in Christ Jesus. During one of the worship services we sang “I love to tell the story,” whose first stanza reads: “I love to tell the story because of unseen things above, of Jesus and his glory, of Jesus and his love. I love to tell the story because I know ‘tis true; it satisfies my longings as nothing else could do.” The story is the gospel that testifies to God’s merciful love to sinners by grace through faith in Jesus Christ to His glory. (John 3:16, Rom. 5:8, and I John 4:9-10 come to mind). We whose faith is indeed in the Jesus Christ of THE story, rejoice not only that God had the story told to us, but by the work of His Holy Spirit we believe it to be true and it indeed satisfies our inborn longings for fellowship with God as nothing else could do. Because only THE story is the power God sovereignly uses to save us out of the misery of our sin and restore us to His favor from the moment we believe and forever ultimately in glory…. “I love to tell the story; ‘twill be my theme in glory.”
It is a joy to report that the new church building on the property which Rev. Sloan and I visited in western Nepal (Bardiya) is completed! At the time of our visit, it was merely an open field and with the beginning of a stone foundation. Now it is finished and being used for the glory of God!” – Rev. Dennis Roe from the July 2023 Westminster Biblical Missions Newsletter on Nepal
Join us for another installment of the Answers from Habakkuk podcast series – episode 12! In it, Dr. Koerner reminds us that there are many ways to find “answers” to life that seem more pleasurable (or even more timely) than waiting on the Lord…but at what cost?
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