Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
Rom. 5:12
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“Fides et ratio.” – “Faith and reason.”
Follower of Christ.
Husband to Lana, Father to Stephen and Mariah.
Peaceful, not harmless.
Agorist. Voluntarist.
Fermenter.
Retired U.S. Air Force NCO.
Linux enthusiast.
Ham radio operator (WB5UZG).
Node Runner & Home miner.
"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another." -Homer
"A few honest men are better than numbers." - Oliver Cromwell
Today In History
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., by the actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next day. Booth was caught and killed on April 26.
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
A. The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.
Gen. 3:6, 12.
"Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny." - Stephen Covey
Q. 14. What is sin?
A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
1 John 3:4.
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 13. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
A. Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.
"If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself."
- DL Moody
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?
A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death.
Gal. 3:12; Gen. 2:17.
Q. 11. What are God’s works of providence?
A. God’s works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions.
Ps. 145:17; Ps. 104:24; Isa. 28:29; Heb. 1:3; Ps. 103:19; Matt. 10:29-31.
"Still I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider to most enviable of all titles) the character of an honest man."
- George Washington
Interesting sunrise pics 
The best possible outcome, the greatest economic recovery, is in vain if the Lord God of the Bible is not honored by it.
Q. 10. How did God create man?
A. God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
Gen. 1:26-28; Col. 3:10; Eph. 4:24.
On April 9, 1768, John Hancock refused to allow two British customs agents to go below the deck of his ship. This was considered the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies.
"In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity." - Meister Eckart
Q. 9. What is the work of creation?
A. The work of creation is, God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.
Gen. 1; Heb. 11:3.
“Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful!’ and sitting in the shade.” – Rudyard Kipling
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 8. How doth God execute his decrees?
A. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.
Ps. 148:8; Isa. 40:26; Dan. 4:35; Acts 4:24-28, Rev. 4:11