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Brian Tallman Mar 21, 2010
… I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord
In confessing Jesus Christ we are confessing the content of those titles ascribed to him. That means, then, that these are more titles than names. Clearly Jesus was his first name, but Jesus’ father Joseph did not ...
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Brian Tallman Mar 14, 2010
Last week we noted the way the Creed began: I believe. Simple enough. Nevertheless, in beginning this way we are reminded that Christians believe certain things. Christianity is not a buffet. You don’t walk through the line choosing this and rejecting that. ...
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Brian Tallman Mar 07, 2010
The Creed starts with the obvious: I believe… That said, it is so obvious that it is often skipped over to get to the particulars and to wrestle with the controversial. Consider why this is such an important ...
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Brian Tallman Feb 28, 2010
Two years ago we used the Children’s Shorter Catechism in our public worship, last year we confessed the entire Heidelberg Catechism and this year we will focus our attention on the Ecumenical Creeds of the Christian Church: The Apostle’s, Nicene and Athanasian. Evangelicals have ...
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Brian Tallman Feb 21, 2010
Thus far we have been thinking about covenant theology and have covered the three major covenants of this system: covenant of redemption made with the members of the Trinity before creation; the covenant of works made with Adam and subsequently with the second Adam, Christ, wherein perfect and ...
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