The Heidelberg Catechism - The Foundations Of Our Faith

 Last year we were minding Pickles our daughter’s and grandsons beagle in our small backyard. I had built a small dam one brick high at the back door of our garage to stop overflow rainwater flowing through where my library is stacked. To protect the little dam I had a piece of vinyl to keep rainwater out and to protect the surface whenever to brought the lawn mower over it. And there was pickles barking at the vinyl. I lifted the vinyl and found a red bellied black snake under the vinyl between the garage back door and the little brickwork dam. It became aggressive. Super aggressive. Quickly I got Pickles and Lorelle inside the kitchen glass sliding door. The black snake was about two metres long. It had flattened its neck out and it had begun blindly attacking and biting anything close to it as it travelled up the ramp to us safely behind the glass sliding door. It bit at the brickwork of the house time after time after time in its blind aggression before it took...

Four Timeless Principles of Biblical Preaching Always Stay on the Subject. "For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." — 1 Corinthians 2:2 Preaching that doesn't exalt Christ is empty preaching. Like Paul in Athens, everything must point to Christ. For Paul, to live was Christ and to die was gain. Always Speak the Truth. Do not hold back. Do not fear. Don't be impressed by status or wealth—speak God's truth boldly. Always Start Where Your Audience Is. Build bridges quickly. Begin with the familiar to acquaint them with the unfamiliar. Know your audience well enough to get into their world, then lead them to Christ. Always Surrender the Results to God. Once they've heard the message, your part ends. Your task is to communicate truth—it's God's job to draw people to Himself. You prepare the patients; God does the surgeries. Stay away from manipulation. Leave the results to God. When your he...

Whosoever finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favour of the Lord” (Proverbs 18:22). God did me a real favour when he gave me my Lorelle as my wife. He has given to me what every wife ought to give to her husband. What is that? 1. Companionship.  In the beginning of time God said, “It is not good for man to be alone. So I will make a companion for him.” That’s the way and the reason why marriage came into being. God was right. Loneliness is devastating. We all need someone to walk with, talk with, and share with. We need someone to love and be loved by. A good wife provides companionship. 2. Encouragement.  When I bought a new car, the operator’s manual said that if the tires are underinflated the car won’t perform up to full efficiency. In the same way, circumstances sometimes deflate my ego and I get down emotionally. When that happens my wife pumps me up. Through the years I have wanted, needed, and received her commendation more than any other. Every g...

August 28, 2026 To Capture a Creator Brett Lee-Price ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἑτέραν ἄϋλον φύσιν συνηνωμένην τῇ σαρκὶ ἔχει, καὶ μετὰ τῶν δύο φύσεων ἐκείνων εἷς ὑπάρχει, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἤγουν ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτοῦ, ἀχώριστον τῶν δύο φύσεων ἐστίν, οὐχ ὑπολαμβάνομεν ὅτι δυνατῶς ἔχει περιγράφεσθαι, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὸ χαρακτηριζόμενον ἓν πρόσωπόν ἐστι, καὶ ὁ περιγράφων τὸ πρόσωπον ἐκεῖνο, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὴν θείαν φύσιν περιέγραψεν, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἀπερίγραπτος, 1 ‘Since he has another, immaterial nature united to the flesh, and his person—that is, his hypostasis—is inseparable from the two natures, we do not suppose that he can be circumscribed. For whatever is portrayed is portrayed as a person, and whoever circumscribes that person plainly circumscribes the divine nature also, which is uncircumscribable.’ – Constantine V 2 My friend, Todd Stanton, has recently publi...