Certitude of Certainty

For Lord’s Day, August 5, 2012 Dear Saints, Tomorrow evening we celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. Following is another excerpt from Gordon J. Keddie’s book, The Lord’s Supper is a Celebration of Grace, to prepare your soul: “A seal pledges…

Thanksgiving: Religious Expressions of Cheer and Joy

Dear Saints, In preparation for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Service, please meditate on this quote by Charles Hodge: “Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather “giving of thanks”  (Eph. 5:4). Religion is…

Parenting “Shorter Catechism Boys”

For Lord’s Day, November 11, 2012 Dear Saints, Are you a “Shorter Catechism Boy or Girl”?  Are your children?  The email I am forwarding you (below, and the source of the pictures in this post) ties nicely in with last…

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…