A Catechism for Girls and Boys

I think this question could be improved, but I’m not sure how I’d change it. I’d like to take out the phrase “covenant of Grace,” because, for one, none of the texts say anything about it. (They can’t, because the phrase isn’t found in scripture.) I think “work of salvation” or something like that would be better.

Would you change it? How?

Part III: Questions about Salvation

101. Q. What did the Holy Spirit undertake in the covenant of Grace?
         A. He regenerates, baptizes, and seals those for whom Christ has died.

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Sunday Hymn: Praise the Saviour, Ye Who Know Him!

Praise the Savior, ye who know Him!
Who can tell how much we owe Him?
Gladly let us render to Him
All we are and have.

Jesus is the name that charms us,
He for conflict fits and arms us;
Nothing moves and nothing harms us
While we trust in Him.

Trust in Him, ye saints, forever,
He is faithful, changing never;
Neither force nor guile can sever
Those He loves from Him.

Keep us, Lord, O keep us cleaving
To Thyself, and still believing,
Till the hour of our receiving
Promised joys with Thee.

Then we shall be where we would be,
Then we shall be what we should be,
Things that are not now, nor could be,
Soon shall be our own.

—Thomas Kelly

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Update: Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty at Hopeful Morning
• Update: Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners at threegirldad
• Update: O Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord at Field Stone Cottage
• Update: Oh Great Love of God at Gospel Grace
• Update: To Our Redeemer’s Glorious Name at Conjubilant With Song
• There Is a Fountain at By Grace Alone
• Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing at Rosemary at Home
• O God, the Strength of Those Who War at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 46 at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 46, 2012 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: He Is In One Mind
• Praying the Beatitudes at Daily On My Way to Heaven

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

Round the Sphere Again: Especially for Women

A few weekend reading suggestions.

Contributing
Juanita Stauffer writes: 

I’ve been hearing an interesting turn of phrase lately from some of the young moms I know. In my paraphrase, they have said, “I’d like to make some money so I can feel like I’m making a contribution to the family income.”

She points out that contributing to the household income doesn’t have to involve making money and she has a list to prove it (Jam and Books).

Valuing
the quiet husband:

It’s too bad that the larger evangelical movement seems to value loud, upfront leadership as a more masculine trait. I’m concerned that the result is that strong women who want a godly husband may not recognize the power and wisdom of the quiet guy observing the group from the sidelines. 

Read the whole post by Wendy Alsup (Practical Theology for Women). 

Praying
for your children: Here’s a list of things to ask (Andy Naselli).