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The Secret to Living Comfortably in Stressful Times (Heidelberg Catechism Q. 1)

December 18, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Christmas is a week away. The stress level is getting a tad high. We long for just a few comfortable moments. Actually living in comfort seems way out of reach. There is the front burner stuff: shopping wrapping, cooking, parties. Or maybe it is the opposite front burner stuff: no money to shop with nobody […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, Comfort, heidelberg catechism, Isaiah 40, Question 1

Tidings of Comfort and …

January 10, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

The Christmas Carol ends that phrase with “Joy”. The Heidelberg Catechism appears to end it with “Misery”!  Or does it? I’ve been spending a lot of time in this text in recent years — the Heidelberg Catechism is a 16th century summary of the Christian faith, and the most widely used Reformed theological standard worldwide. […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Catechism, Christian Education, Comfort, Confessions, Heidelberg, Jesus Christ, Misery

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