The Heidelberg Catechism - The Foundations Of Our Faith

What are your goals for 2025? QUESTION OF EXISTENCE:    WHY AM I ALIVE? There are some  MYTHS That Lead To Materialism 1. Having MORE THINGS will make me MORE HAPPY "Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. . . As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?" Ecc. 5:10,11 2. Having MORE THINGS will make me MORE IMPORTANT 3. Having MORE THINGS will make me MORE SECURE "The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall." Prov. 18:11 "Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint." Prov. 23:4 Job 31:24,28 A. We Are Prone to Worry about Finances B. We Are Prone to Worry about Food C. We Are Prone to Worry about Fashion D. We Are Prone to Worry about Fitness E. We Are Prone to Worry about the Future What you worry ab...

Matthew Henry 'The woman was made out of a rib taken from the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him; not out of his feet to be trampled upon by him; but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.' Abraham Lincoln sang at his sister's wedding: The woman was not taken From Adam's feet, we see; So he must not abuse her The meaning seems to be. The woman was not taken From Adam's head, we know; To show she must not rule him- 'Tis evidently so. The woman she was taken From under Adam's arm; So she must be protected  From injuries and harm.

11 Give us this day our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. We are Dependant on God for His Gifts. We are Dependant on God for His Grace. Andrew Bonar: "God likes to see His people shut up to this: That there is no hope but in prayer." The Lord's Prayer reminds us of how dependant we are to be upon God for even the most basic needs of "daily bread."  "Give us this day our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11) We depend upon God for everything, of course It brings us back to a right dependence upon God. George Mueller ran an orphanage in England during the 1880's for thousands upon thousands of children. He knew all about asking for bread, and he saw God provide time after time in astonishin...

In the Old Testament, and today, modern Jews greet one another the same way: with the word shalom . And that word means "peace." When you meet somebody and you say to them, " Shalom ," that doesn't mean, "May you get out of war." It infers there is something good, something wonderful, something positive, that is happening. The Greek word for "peace" is the word eirene . We get our beautiful name Irene from that. If your name is Irene, that means "peace." Eirene : that's the word he is using here. It is a positive word. "Will and Ariel Durant, in their book The Lessons of History , begin the chapter on "History and War" with these words: "War is one of the constants of history, and has not diminished with civilization and democracy. In the last 3,421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war."1 That is a chilling statement. And it would, no doubt, be even more so if the facts o...