Radically Happy

Category: Leadership

  • God is Just – Doctrine 101

    Journal: If the reason for the delay in bringing about justice in a sin-filled world is so that people have more time to repent, what should you be doing in the area of evangelism to make the most of the opportunity that some of your family and friends still have…

  • God is Good – Doctrine 101

    Our glory in turn includes our happiness, but also includes our health, holiness, and honor — which may at time be at odds with our happiness.b) What’s the difference between mercy and grace?The usual definition is that mercy is getting less [bad] than we deserve, whereas grace is getting more…

  • Towards a Devotional Theology

    CallIsaiah 61:1-3 (cf. Luke 4:17-19)The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,because the LORD has anointed meto preach good news to the poor.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim freedom for the captivesand release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favorand…

  • God is Holy – Doctrine 101

    That is, the reasons our ancestors called an altar or place holy is that it was “set apart” as something of transcendent value, in contrast to merely being of instrumental value (“utility”).In this context, the highest order of praise from the angels (and us) is simply to recognize that fact,…

  • God is Omniscient – Doctrine 101

    Why will the fact that God is omniscient be so important at the end of the world?Certainly, God can’t perfectly judge all without knowing all, both external acts and internal motivation.What does the statement in Heb 4.13 add in this regard?A wonderful picture of perfect understanding and total knowledge.9.

  • God is Omnipresent – Doctrine 101

    Write out the words of Psalm 18.25-26.With the kind you show yourself kind;with the blameless you show yourself blameless;with the pure you show yourself pure,And with the crooked you show yourself astute.What do these verses say about how you will experience God?God responds to us according to the spirit in…

  • God is Omnipotent – Doctrine 101

    But what should you be doing about God’s “revealed will” that will enable you to know that as you approach those decisions, you are living in the centre of his will?Written Work:Summarize the conclusions to the class discussion questions above.Homework:Read RCS #13 (incl. Bible passages)Doctrine 101: Learning about GodWorksheet 4…

  • Confessing the Trinity – Doctrine 101

    Still, I decided to retype it here as an exercise.The Apostles’ CreedI believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and EarthAnd in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our LordWho was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilatewas crucified, dead, and buried.He descended…

  • The Doctrine of the Trinity in History – Doctrine 101

    Rather than reading a book and filling out a worksheet, we are asked to: Listen to the audio file The Doctrine of the Trinity in History, taking notes.Produce an outline summary of the presentation.Submit your summary to your mentor.Thank God for the newly free A/V Controls in QuickTime player, which…

  • Proverbs 3:5-6 SOAP (Scripture Observation Application Prayer) for LDT

    In this case, it might mean that we are: trusting the Lord with a partial hearttrusting ourselves with our whole hearttrusting the Lord with our whole mind, not our heartleaning on our own understandingacknowledging God in some of our waysSound like anyone you know?Again, this isn’t in any way meant…

  • Proverbs 3 Miss Understanding

    More, we need to actively fear God’s punishment if we try to abuse that world for own selfish purposes.But this fear doesn’t weaken us, it strengthens us:It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.In fact, the more we give over to God, the better off we’ll…

  • God is Trinity – Doctrine 101

    What point is it making?The selected stanzas of the following Christmas hymn will help you think about the answer to question # 5.”The Incarnation”The great God of heaven is come down to earth,His mother a virgin and sinless His birth;The Father Eternal His Father alone;He sleeps in the manger; He…

  • God is Self-Existent – Doctrine 101

    In your own words, write out a definition of what you think the expression “the independence, or the self-existence, of God” means.2.

  • God is Unknowable but Knowable – Doctrine 101

    Summarize the conclusions to the class discussion questions above.Doctrine 101: Learning about GodWorksheet 1 – Unknowable; KnowableGod is unknowableWhy did John Calvin say that God speaks to us in a kind of lisping?The emphasis is that God condescends to speak to us in a way we can understand, like a…