Show Honor to Be Honorable
Dear Saints, I received an e-newsletter this week from Stand to Reason that I thought would be good to send to you all as this week’s e-devotion, as it relates very well to the evening series we’ve begun in…
A Triple Affirmation
For Lord’s Day, May 19, 2013 Dear Saints, You might remember a really helpful nugget I shared in a sermon a while back from Pastor Jeff Stivason about Peter’s triple denial of Jesus Christ in the Gospels before the cock…
Christ Can Use You, You Cracked Pot!
For Lord’s Day, May 12, 2013 Dear Saints, Jennifer and I are about to leave a two-day home schooling conference in Escondido held by Christian Family Schools of San Diego County. We have a lot of great general life and…
Going Out of Our Way to Get to Church
For Lord’s Day April 28, 2013 Dear Saints, What is “Baca”? That’s what one of my daughter’s asked after singing Psalm 84 together this week in family worship. I have often meant to look it up, and so we did. …
A Worry Webinar
For Lord’s Day April 21, 2013 Dear Saints, As Elder Huffmaster’s Sabbath class is taking us through John MacArthur’s book on worry, Anxious for Nothing, and as I will be preaching this Lord’s Day evening on one of the book’s…
Jesus Came Down from Heaven to Give us Heaven While Throwing Satan Further Down to Hell
For Lord’s Day, April 21, 2013 Dear Saints, In my personal devotions this morning, something stood out to me I’ve found beneficial to meditate on today that I hope you too will find meaningful. In John 6:38, Jesus says, “For…
Watch Your Sabbath Attitude
For Lord’s Day April 14, 2013. Dear Saints, In preparation study for sermons the next few weeks on the heart of the fourth commandment, I was very challenged by Chuck Baynard’s commentary on the Westminster Larger Catechism regarding its sections…
Cheerfully Celebrate
For Lord’s Day, April 7, 2013 Dear Saints, As we prepare to partake of the Lord’s Supper tomorrow evening, I want to challenge us to check and prepare our disposition with this comment from Geerhardus Vos (father of J.G. whose…
Abide Under the Almighty
For Lord’s Day, March 31, 2013 Dear Saints, Last week in the evening, we considered the second part of the Westminster Larger Catechism Q&A 117 about preparing for the Lord’s Day to properly sanctify it and the Lord in our…
Pray Without Ceasing
For Lord’s Day, March 24, 2013 Dear Saints, During this Wednesday Night’s study on Revelation 8:1-6, entitled “Pray without Ceasing”, we saw a vivid vision of Christ’s mediatorial role in receiving and answering our prayers, and a great encouragement to…