The Joy of Being Reformed (9): Finding Confidence & Comfort in Each Person of the Trinity

What gives you confidence in life? What comforts your heart in life? It’s quite common for people to draw their confidence from what they do or accomplish or produce. Do you ever do that? People often work very hard, achieve success, and then feel confident about themselves based on the level of success they’ve achieved. Their confidence and comfort are tied to their attainments. I struggle with this. Think about it. Don’t you feel like life is more fulfilling and brighter when...

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The Joy of Being Reformed (8): Trinitarian Theology Is Directly Linked to Intimacy with God

Along with the Apostles’, Nicene, Athanasian, and Chalcedonian Creeds, Belgic Confession Article Eight is insightful commentary on the Trinity. We need a clear doctrine of God today, a clear doctrine of the Trinity. Why? Well, in order to rightly know God, love God, and praise and glorify God. We won’t get very far in knowing, loving, praising, and glorifying God if we have idolatrous and errant conceptions of Him. Throughout history, there have been soul-condemning heresies like...

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