To Love is to Live Like Christ
For Lord’s Day, March 23, 2014 Dear Saints, We continue with the second table of the Moral Law this Lord’s Day morning. As we had taken note together, our evening service that same day on 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a was a…
An Attitude of Gratitude Truly Loves God and Man, and Truly Lives
For Lord’s Day, March 16, 2014 Dear Saints, As we looked at the preface to the Ten Commandments last Lord’s Day, we were reminded that Jesus says the whole Moral Law hangs upon two commandments (Deut. 6:5 and Lev. 19:18…
God Himself is Our Exceeding Great Reward
For Lord’s Day, March 9, 2013 Dear Saints, I’m sure this sentiment I’m about to share with you has been expressed many times, and it should so be myriad more. In two newsletters this week, I enjoyed similar thoughts that…
Be Ready to Properly Approach the LORD
For Lord’s Day, March 2, 2014 Dear Saints, The powerful winds and rain today had to get your attention. You’d have to be dead not to be moved by such a storm; let it drive your attention to the LORD…
God is Always our Help
For Lord’s Day, February 16, 2014 Dear Saints, Tomorrow we will be reminded that, “hitherto hath the Lord helped us” (1 Sam 7:12) and that this is always the case. God has “proved” the Israelites again and again to have…
Fighting for Jesus Instead of Complaining
For Lord’s Day, February 9, 2014 Dear Saints, I recently saw two videos providing amazing examples of not murmuring against God over difficult providences. It was a humbling reminder of what Christ preached to us last week in Exodus 16:1-17:7…
Drink of Jesus Again
For Lord’s Day, February 2, 2014 Dear Saints, Several thematic elements continue out of Exodus 15 into chapters 16 and 17 this Lord’s Day. One of the main and very sad themes is that the people keep murmuring against and…
Be a Good Soldier
For Lord’s Day, January 26, 2014 Dear Saints, We will see this Lord’s Day that the Angel of God (the preincarnate Jesus Christ) leads Israel into the wilderness. Previously, we saw He led the Church to the edge of the…
Know God in the Now
For Lord’s Day, January 19, 2014 Dear Saints, I have been very blessed recently by listening to and meditating on Michael Card’s song, “Know You in the Now”. It has come to mind with our sermon texts for the Lord’s…
Good Works are Good
For Lord’s Day, January 5, 2014 Dear Saints, In Sabbath Class last week, we in part studied chapter 16 of the Westminster Confession of Faith, “Of Good Works”. I pointed out that too many Protestant Evangelicals today live out the…