Marital Fidelity and Genes?
For Lord’s Day, May 24, 2015 Dear Saints, Yesterday, the same day that Mike and Erin (now the Delgados!) vowed before God and all of you to live in exclusive, life-long covenant faithfulness to one another, the New York…
Be Your Best by Choosing the Best
For Lord’s Day, May 17, 2015 Dear Saints, Motivated by the church’s recent Homemaker’s movie night, we began reading John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress for family worship. We are making a point to look up a Scripture that summarizes each vivid part.…
The Narrow Way is Always Obvious
For Lord’s Day, May 10, 2015 Dear Saints, At our Homemakers Movie Night last month, something really stood out to me as helpful for our own Christian Pilgrimage that I’d like to review with you. In the modern retelling of…
Children Reflect Their Parents
For Lord’s Day, April 12, 2015 Dear Saints, We had a hearty chuckle yesterday afternoon as I was getting ready to mow the lawn. Isaac (nearly 2, going on 22), became hilariously excited, making driving motions with his arms and…
The Awful Public Execution of Hell and the Cross
For Lord’s Day, April 5, 2015 Dear Saints, We were all struck by the typology of the Burnt Offering in Leviticus 1:6-7 last Lord’s Day. (Image source: ) Many agreed that the public execution typified by the flaying off of…
The Medicine of Laughter
For Lord’s Day, March 15, 2015 Dear Saints, I ended up getting the cold that has been going around my family and I didn’t sleep Friday night, so I took to reading through our family’s collection of Mark Twain writings. I…
Do Something New
For Lord’s Day, March 8, 2015 Dear Saints, Physical trainer Steve Conley says: “I live by this quote: ‘If you want something you never had, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done.’” This is such a great “proverb” to…
The Proper Response to Sovereign, Gracious Mercy
For Lord’s Day, February 22, 2015 Dear Saints, In Exodus 32-33, we have seen God’s frightening judgment upon horrible, idolatrous (and adulterous) sin. And we have learned that our repentance is the only means of being restored to the LORD…
Reverence: The Soul of Christianity
For the Lord’s Day, February 15, 2015 Dear Saints, Last Lord’s Day evening, we were reminded to approach God in worship and during the Lord’s Supper with reverent attention: Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us…
The Need for Strong Church Leaders
For Lord’s Day, February 8, 2015 Dear Saints, It’s another tough Scripture to look at tomorrow as we continue hearing about the terrible Golden Calf incident at the foot of Mount Sinai (Ex. 32:15-25). We will see the need for…