Q. 104 What does God require in the fifth commandment?
A. That I show all honor, love, and faithfulness to my father and mother, and to all in authority over me, submit myself with due obedience to all their good instruction and correction, and also bear patiently with their infirmities, since it is God’s will to govern us by their hand.
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Q.106 Does this (sixth] commandment speak only of killing? A. No, but in forbidding murder God teaches us that He abhors its very root, namely, envy, hatred, anger,
I was in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, attending the URCNA Synod, where some two hundred delegates met from June 8–11. It was a privilege to address Synod during the
Q. 105 What does God require in the sixth commandment? A. That I do not revile, hate, insult, or kill my neighbor either in thought, word, or gesture,
Dil was born and raised in a Hindu family. When he became severely ill, he tried every religious ritual and treatment he could find, but nothing brought relief.
A consideration of the divine call to the ministry of the Word of God is greatly facilitated by examining the teaching of the sixteenth-century reformer, John Calvin. There