Tuesday
Oct082013

Linked Together: Church History

A Question
Was the Reformation understanding of the gospel something new? Nathan Busenitz answers this question from the evidence of the New Testament and the pre-Reformation history of the church: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

A Quiz
Six questions to test your knowledge of church history at Koinonia.

An Account
Athanasius tells the compelling story of the heretic Arius’s death (The Cripplegate).

Monday
Oct072013

The Heidelberg Catechism

Question 6. Did God, then, create man so wicked and perverse1?

Answer: By no means. God created man good, (a) and in his own image, (b) in true righteousness and holiness, so that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him, and live with him in eternal happiness to glorify and praise him. (c)

1Inclined by nature to hate God and neighbor (Answer to Question 5).

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Saturday
Oct052013

Sunday's Hymn: Near the Cross

Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain
Free to all, a healing stream
Flows from Calvary’s mountain.

Refrain

In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever;
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.

Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.

Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day,
With its shadows o’er me.

Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river.

—Fanny Crosby

Two choirs:

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