Posts by Joel Radford

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Are you to avoid others who break God’s law?

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. We’ve been looking at how to understand God’s law as summarised in the ten commandments. We saw that the commandments are connected to one another, should never be broken, each […]

Are you to encourage others to keep God’s law?

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. We’ve been looking at how to understand God’s law as summarised in the ten commandments. We saw that the commandments are connected to one another, should never be broken and […]

How extensive is God’s law?

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. We’ve been looking at how to understand God’s law as summarised in the ten commandments. We saw that the commandments are connected to one another and should never be broken. […]

Is breaking God’s law ever permitted?

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. We’ve been looking at how to understand God’s law as summarised in the ten commandments. We saw that the commandments prohibit and promote behaviour and that they are all connected […]

Charged with a message

by Joel Radford

I was driving recently and saw a child accidently kick a ball over a school fence. The ball bounced onto the busy road which ran alongside the school, and rolled further and further down the road. The look on the child’s face indicated that he was contemplating on whether he ought  to run out of […]

How does one sin break multiple commandments?

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. We’ve been looking at how to understand God’s law as summarised in the ten commandments. We saw that when you read God’s law, you must understand that a command prohibits […]

How does God’s law prohibit & promote behaviour?

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. We’ve been looking at the use of God’s law for humans and saw that a good summary of God’s law is in the ten commandments. But how are you to […]

Where is God’s law summarised? In the ten commandments

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. We’ve been looking at the use of God’s law for humans. But what is a good summary of God’s law? A good summary of God’s laws is given in the […]

What is the use of God’s law? To know how to do good

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. We’ve been looking at the use of God’s law for sinful humans and have seen that God’s law is useful to see how sinful you are and how perfect Christ […]

What is the use of God’s law? It shows Christ’s perfection

by Joel Radford

In these bulletin articles, we’ve been going through a list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, published in the 17th Century. Last time we started looking at the use of God’s law for sinful people. We saw that the law of God is useful as it helps us know how sinful […]