Preparation: The Means of Grace

We must devote a few articles to the all-important subject of the means of grace in our discussion of “preparation.” This is of central importance in our entire series of articles, because all that we have discussed in past issues – catechism, society, consistorial service, etc. – means nothing apart from the means of grace. There is only one means of grace; there is only one means which the Holy Spirit uses to apply grace to the hearts of His people, and that is the preaching of the Word. And...