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Canons and Confessions

Canons and Confessions

By: Rev. Josh Friend
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“Welcome to Canons and Confessions. Here you will find audio recordings of three classical theological documents: the Heidelberg catechism, the Canons of Dort and the Belgic Confession, often referred to as the three forms of unity within the Christian Reformed Church in North America. These recordings are to make it easier for you to study theology, and God’s word, asking and receiving answers to timeless questions. Every recording is of an individual Lord’s day, which includes several related questions and answers.Rev. Josh Friend Christianity Spirituality
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  • Introduction to the Belgic Confession
    Sep 20 2023

    A brief introduction to the Belgic Confession, as written and found on the Christian Reformed Church of North America website.

    https://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/confessions/belgic-confession#toc-introduction


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    5 mins
  • Belgic Confession- Article 3
    Sep 19 2023

    Article 3: The Written Word of God

    We confess that this Word of God
    was not sent nor delivered “by human will,”
    but that “men and women moved by the Holy Spirit
    spoke from God,”

    as Peter says.1

    Afterward our God—

    with special care
    for us and our salvation—

    commanded his servants, the prophets and apostles,
    to commit this revealed Word to writing.
    God, with his own finger,
    wrote the two tables of the law.

    Therefore we call such writings
    holy and divine Scriptures.

    12 Pet. 1:21

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    1 min
  • Belgic Confession- Article 2
    Sep 19 2023

    Article 2: The Means by Which We Know God

    We know God by two means:

    First, by the creation, preservation, and government
    of the universe,
    since that universe is before our eyes
    like a beautiful book

    in which all creatures,
    great and small,
    are as letters
    to make us ponder
    the invisible things of God:

    God’s eternal power and divinity,
    as the apostle Paul says in Romans 1:20.

    All these things are enough to convict humans
    and to leave them without excuse.

    Second, God makes himself known to us more clearly
    by his holy and divine Word,
    as much as we need in this life,

    for God’s glory
    and for our salvation.

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    1 min
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