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What is True Faith?

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  • R. Scott Clark
on August 3, 2009

Brannan is studying HC 21. This is part 1 of 3. Part 2. Part 3

Categorized Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry | Tagged assent, Heidelberg Catechism, Justification, knowledge, object of faith, true faith, trust

What Is True Faith? (pt 1) We Must Know What We Must Know

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  • R. Scott Clark
on October 29, 2013 | 3 Comments

One of our favorite television shows is set in NYC and revolves around an Irish Roman-Catholic family in law enforcement. It’s a kind of book end to the Duck Dynasty. Like the latter, it features a strong family with a strong religious . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Heidelberg Catechism | Tagged assent, confidence, knowledge, true faith, trust | 3 Comments

What Is True Faith? (2) Assent Is Not Ascent

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  • R. Scott Clark
on November 5, 2013 | 1 Comment

In part 1 I began to sketch the outline of Heidelberg Catechism Q. 21 on true faith by looking at the three aspects of true faith: knowledge, assent, and trust. In this post I want to consider the second aspect of true . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Heidelberg Catechism, Justification | Tagged assent, heidelberg catechism 21, knowledge, true faith, trust | 1 Comment

What Is True Faith? (5) A Gift

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  • R. Scott Clark
on November 20, 2013 | 1 Comment

In the first four parts of this series we looked at what Heidelberg Catechism Q/A 21 says about the three aspects of faith (knowledge, assent, and trust). Faith, however, has an object. It always does. A mere historical faith looks to the . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Heidelberg Catechism, Justification | Tagged assent, Heidelberg Catechism q 21, knowledge, object, true faith, trust | 1 Comment

Heidelcast 185: What Must A Christian Believe? (3)—“Credo”

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  • Heidelcast
on June 19, 2021
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This is episode 3 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? So far we have looked at the biblical and early Christian practice of confessing the faith and what it means to say Credo or “I believe.” That is what we . . . Continue reading →

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