I hope today went well for you. The lesson seemed a little disconnected to me, but maybe that's mainly my desire to put a bow nicely on things. I think I saw a lot of people making connections, but I always struggle with the need for more time to really dig in deeply.
I was glad to hear from many of you that you felt overwhelmed by Q. 105 from the Westminster Larger Catechism (for a link, click either the tile of this post or the word "Link" below). I do too! There's a lifetime of repentance there for all of us, I guess. Do you think we could use these kinds of statements from the catechisms devotionally, either by ourselves or with our families or with people we're discipling?
I don't feel like I tie down the lessons with Scripture enough. I'm in the process of learning to teach from the catechims and confessions, and I feel good about that because you're not hearing my thoughts as much as you're hearing trusted interpretation of Scripture. Still, though, we need to get Scripture into our dialog. God's Word is alive and double-edged, not the reformed confessions. Please remind me of this during class when we're too confession-heavy. Even just reading aloud Scripture as we discuss would be profitable.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
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Good word, Doug. I appreciate your insight. Maybe I'm being too cautious about the confessions. I really like your metaphor of a grandfather, especially since I don't have grandparents or parents. How good to know that I do have grandfathers in the faith who still speak wisdom to me as I try to understand the Scripture.
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