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A Sketch of the Christian’s Catechism is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this volume, William Ames analyzes a particular text of Scripture that supports the main thoughts for a given Lord’s Day. While the exposition is directly from the Bible, Ames’s doctrinal conclusions interact with the corresponding questions and answers of the Heidelberg Catechism. Joel R. Beeke and Todd M. Rester’s introduction provides valuable background on Ames and his work. Rester’s...

Our Savior Jesus was ordained by the Father and constituted for offering everything that was necessary for our salvation. Question 31 of the Catechism pertains to this doctrine. From this text is deduced the statement that He was made Lord and Christ (that is, the Messiah), of whom all the prophets from the beginning of the world preached that He would come to procure and accomplish the salvation of humanity, and whom all the faithful with the greatest desire expect as the one and only (unicum)
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