Consumed with Zeal for God’s House

For Lord’s day, October 28, 2012: Dear Saints, Tomorrow morning, we will see how Jacob laments the death of Joseph (as far as he knows is the case) by renting his clothes and lamenting in sackcloth in terrible mourning.  Yet,…

Peaceful Submission

Dear Saints, I got some disappointing news this week from my previous boss at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (where I also graduated).  A major accomplishment we had long labored on together will likely become nullified due to some sad…

Make it a Meaningful Ritual

Dear Saints, We celebrate the Lord’s Supper tomorrow evening.  Please prepare your souls with these thoughts from Gordon J. Keddie in his book, The Lord’s Supper is a Celebration of Grace: “There is nothing more miserable in the life of the…

Whole-Hearted, Sold-Out Worship

Dear Saints, In this Wednesday Night’s study on Revelation 2:1-7, in which we saw that Jesus condemns the Church of Ephesus for losing its first love for Him (which ultimately killed their local church), we were challenged to love God…

You Serve Whom or What You Fear

(For Lord’s Day, August 26, 2012, weekly church email devotion) Dear Saints, I was listening to some sermons through the Gospel of Mark by Pastor Jeff Stivason this week, and one point particularly impressed me.  He said something to the effect of not…

Totally Absorbed in the Son

(For September 9, 2012 midweek church email devotion) Dear Saints, I’d like to share a quote with you by R. Kent Hughes in his book, Disciplines of a Godly Man:  “We are to be totally absorbed with Jesus.  He is to…

Be Butterflies

(For September 16, 2012 midweek church email devotion) Dear Saints, Last Lord’s Day morning we were told to remember and be who we are in Christ as new creatures possessing all new things.  The closing illustration said we need to…

Love – The Greatest Thing in the World

(For September 23, 2012 midweek church email devotion) Dear Saints, We saw last Lord’s Day evening that Jesus teaches us God’s greatest command is to love. You could sum up even His two pivotal means of the Moral Law (Deuteronomy…