He is working to give us the strong back and the broad shoulders we need to carry on. And we know that through God’s word and His Church he will keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.
This is the catholic faith:
one cannot be saved without believing it firmly and faithfully.
This is the catholic faith:
one cannot be saved without believing it firmly and faithfully.
What is this “catechism“? Why are we using it? How does it help me? Isn’t this just another thing that Old Dead Faith does?
we are so corrupt that we are totally unable to do any good (that can save us) and we are always leaning toward all evil. Which is exactly why we need to be made new by the Spirit of God.
We are again looking at the Day of the Lord. The day of judgement. The day that we have been reading about for a couple of weeks now and also the day we confess together every week. We do this by affirming what the Bible says about Jesus returning to “judge the living and the dead” or the affirmation that he is returning in “glory and judgement”.
Jesus purifies you, makes you a child of God, brings you into his people that a will one day be brought together in peace forever in Kingdom. He is merciful to you and gives you his righteousness.
Praise the Lord, Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb whose blood was shed for you. Amen.
Jesus purifies you, makes you a child of God, brings you into his people that a will one day be brought together in peace forever in Kingdom. He is merciful to you and gives you his righteousness.
Praise the Lord, Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb whose blood was shed for you. Amen.
The word virtue comes from an old word for “a man“. For us to act with virtue is to act like men (1 Corinthians 16:13) To live the way we have been called to act.
What are virtues?
Virtues are the necessary qualities of strength (physical and moral) to act rightly in the World. Virtues are good habits.
Certain virtues men should have, sharpen, and always be ready to use. As a man among other men–strength, courage, mastery, and honour should be valued.
Character, competency, courage, and conviction are developed and matured through the crafting of virtue and assist men in their duties of protection, provision, and reproducing masculine virtue in others whom they disciple and build up.
The Men Hold Fast places a focus on younger men to pursue living purposeful and virtuous lives. These things do not save of course. We do know what does save though…
“At the judgment, the law of God will justly declare us condemned. And the Gospel is that God the Son freely agreed to die our death for us, to suffer our deserved condemnation and doom in our place. And He didn’t just agree from eternity to do that. He actually did it. On the cross. For free! And for each one of us”.
Over five sessions we ask very specific questions to get men to design a path for their lives. Those five questions include:
How do you want to die?
What is one thing that you must do but are avoiding?
What is a man?
Who is in your tribe?
How can Character, Competency, Courage, and Conviction define the map that you draw and follow?
The desire for Men Hold Fast is to shape more biblical men who look different than the world around them and are reliable. Men whose lives echo that which the Apostle Paul encourages us to:
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. (1 Corinthians 16:13–14)
“The Gospel is so comfortable with God’s created order that manliness has a vital place. Paul takes all he has taught in 1 Corinthians — the humility of the gospel, sexual integrity, marriage and singleness, personal entitlements, how to take communion, spiritual gifts, the resurrection — he translates all that theology into this practical summary: “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”
–Ray Ortland
There comes a time in every relationship when you have to come on out with your baggage. Whether you are planning to get married and want your soon to be spouse to know what nonsense you are bringing with you or you have to confess to your new best friend that you at first thought they were foolish, the baggage has to be claimed.
The Bible tells us that Jesus is our lead shepherd. He lays down his life for his sheep. He leads his sheep out of danger and sin and exile and it is to him that all other under-shepherds will give account. We know that we easily stray and turn from our Shepherd but also know he warmly carries us back into the fold ready to feed and lead us again.
