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Heidelberg Catechism: Mami Kah Thawlhna on Patang Khangna. Bawipa Hin-3
AWLDOTNA 6: Teatah, Pathen lawng thlanghing he thaihu thee ham la aw a syn?AWLTHLATNA: Tih nawh. Thuingaihna tah awltak dongna on a Pathen ciimna dawngah, amah muilou on theen tangkiik la, synkung Pathen atak la ming tih lungbui tak on Pathen amah lungna hamla, vaan bawilen dungzaan awmtheenna ah Pathen amah on zingzawi haih tih…
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The Heidelburg Catechism (1879): Part I
Tracing Reformed Christian doctrines is so satisfying. The Heidelberg Catechism (1879) reflects the enduring pastoral and theological strength of the original 1563. It makes the 1563 Reformed Confession accessible to the 19th-century church. Centered on the comfort of belonging to Christ, it unites doctrine and devotion through its warm, personal question-and-answer style. The HC1879 highlights…
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Heidelberg Catechism: Mami Kah Thawlhna on Patang Khangna. Bawipa Hin — 2
AWLDOTNA 3: Na thawlhna on kawdeng patang khang la na awm te metila na ming?AWLTHLATNA: Pathen kah cangsakna awl rangon ka ming (Rom 3:20). AWLDOTNA 4: Pathen kah cangsakna awl lawng atu akyk?AWLTHLATNA: Matt 22 dawngah Khrih Jesu lawng hetila acangpui: Bawipa na Pathen te na thinkaw boih, na hingna boih, na lungbui boih on…
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The Heidelberg Catechism (1879): Lord’s Day — III
Question 6. Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?Answer. By no means, but God created man good, and after his own image (Gen 1:27)[1], in righteousness and true holiness (Eph 4:24)[2] that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him (Col 3:10)[3] and live with him in eternal happiness, to glorify…
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Hing Khui Pyr Dyk to la te kah Ngaimawngna on Awmngaih Popa Thaina Ham, Atu Ming A n’go?
“Thaihu pathum awm: Lamhacyk ah, ka thawlhna meti tluk la bou tih patang palai thlangla ka awm tite ming ango; apabena ah, thawlhna on patang palai la awmna dawng kalawng metila ka loih na, tite ming ango; athumna ah, kai aka loih sakkung Pathen te metila ymcil ka thui popa na lah ai, tihe ni.…
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The Heidelberg Catechism (1879): The Misery of Man. Lord’s Day — II
Question 3: Whence knowest thou thy misery?Answer: Out of the law of God (Rom 3:20).[1] Question 4: What doth the law of God require of us?Answer: Christ teaches us that briefly (in Matt 22:37-40): “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with…
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Dykna on Hingna Ham, Khat byng aka awm Ngaimawngna tah Atu Nym?
Amah tetah: Kai tah kamah ko la ka awm nawh. Ka pum taksa muithla, hingna on dykna boih tah yp awm Thlawnkung Jesu Khrih ko la awm. Athi on ka thawlh phu laiba avan sah tih thawlh Satan on tharaana dawng kalawng kai te n’loih sak pon. Akhomdoonna rang on kai m’byh n’thawng tih vaan…
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The Heidelberg Catechism (1879): The True Comfort. Lord’s Day — 1
Question I — What is thy only comfort in life and death?Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ[1]; who with his precious blood hath fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of…
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Why Creeds and Confessions
Creeds and confessions help Christians clearly say what the Bible teaches. They do not replace Scripture; they summarize it. Confession is biblical. Jesus taught confession, the apostles practiced it, and the early church embraced it. Confession helps us deal honestly with our sin and recognize our sinful nature. A willingness to confess shows that the…
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Miphyn Congna on Pathen Mingna
Pathen mingna on miphyn congna kawng he atip cala zakming kawinih community khawsak hingna ham hoihkhangna mon awm. Pathen mingna he akawnglam mingna (knowledge) on Pathen kawngaih angla hingna (formation of faith) tila pahih la pek bou tih zakming thai la awm. Pathen amah on akawngaihna kawng zahawh mingna tah akawnglam mingna (theology) la awm…