sons of God (LD 13; Romans 8:12-17)

Reformed & Expository Preaching · May 30, 2026 · 36m

Introduction

People bring criticism against the Reformed people’s love for doctrine. People claim that if you go to a Reformed church, you will see that we are people concerned with the head, not the heart. That our catechisms and confessions are cold documents. These are documents fueling intellectual exercises that keep doctrine tidy but leave the soul unmoved. That we know about God without actually knowing him.

The Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 13, communicates to us that God is very personal. In fact, we are brought into the Lord’s family. We are adopted as sons for the sake of our…