My name is Martyn McGeown, I'm the missionary pastor of the Limerick Reformed Fellowship. I blog with the hope that God might use it to gather His elect & glorify Himself. Please feel free to comment and interact, no matter your religious position - as long as you do so respectfully and are genuinely interested.
I hope you will be blessed reading this blog!
"But there is no such thing as a perfect church!"
Let's face it, churches in Europe, and in Ireland in particular are very weak. Many of them are false. Many of them teach false doctrine. Many of them teach confusing mixtures of doctrine. Many of them teach no doctrine at all. In many of them the sacraments are corrupted, and there has been no church discipline for generations.
Few deny this charge who look objectively and dispassionately at the situation.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.
Lesson 26 is "Baptism."
The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:
Part 1: The meaning of baptism.
Part 2: Infant baptism
The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA.
Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 26.
Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins. Download the attachments below.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 26 (“Baptism" [2])
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 26 (“Baptism" [1])
There are different reasons why a person might attend a particular church.
Some attend a church out of tradition. "I have always attended here. My parents attended here. So I will attend here."
Others attend a church because it is close by, perhaps in the same village, town or city, or within easy driving distance. The key word is "convenience."
Others attend a church because the people are friendly and their friends are there, and they "feel comfortable" there.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.
Lesson 25 is "The Means of Grace."
The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:
Part 1: What is a "means" and what is "grace"? What, specifically, are the means of grace?
Part 2: The preaching of the Gospel as the chief means of grace; the sacraments as signs and seals.
The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA.
Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 25.
Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins. Download the attachments below.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 25 (“The Means of Grace") (2)
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 25 (“The Means of Grace") (1)
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.
Lesson 21 is "Saving Faith."
The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:
Part 1: Faith as knowledge; faith as confidence; faith as assurance.
Part 2: The source of faith; the bond of faith.
The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA.
Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 21.
Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins. Download the attachments below.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 21 (“Saving Faith") (1)
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 21 (“Saving Faith") (2)
