Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 30: The Government of the Church

a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8  

It seems that every church building that is 30+ years old has at least one of those types of items.

being put on trial before His crucifixion. 29  Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.” 30

those in our number who stubbornly persist in the "detestable things" mentioned in this chapter (v29-30

even as it yearns for freedom, it desires a king / government to fight our battles for us (1 Samuel 8:

Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. 8 

He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘ The first thing this shrewd serpent did was exploit the woman's weakness. Everything the woman could see corroborated what the serpent had said. Today: Matthew 8

back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8  

same level of excitement, love and genuine care that one would expect to see in the most passionate of romances