Be Not Greedy Crabs
For Lord’s Day, January 24, 2021 Dear Saints, Recently I was watching a fishing program on YouTube with the boys. This particular angler is especially enjoyable as he is a Christian who prays over his meals (which is often his…
Hold Up Your Shield of Faith Because the Devil’s Arrows Keep Flying at You
For Lord’s Day, January 17, 2021 Dear Saints, Mr. Delgado showed me a video today that was really amazing. Expert archer Lars Andersen is seen shooting 1,120 arrows in 1.4 minutes: 100 arrows in 18 seconds; 1,000 arrows in 25…
Avoid the Fallacy of Assuming False Causes
For Lord’s Day, January 3, 2021 Dear Saints, A few weeks ago I was reminded of the logical fallacy of false causes, otherwise referred to in Latin as non causa pro causa. It is the illogical connecting of some thing…
Remember to Be Thankful and Give Thanks
For Lord’s Day, November 1, 2020 Beloved, remember last week when we studied that God is love and we should thus be like Him and love Him back. We saw in Luke 7:47 that this love for God is seen…
Fear is Futile
For the Lord’s Day, October 11, 2020 Dear Saints, Today we will be studying fear again and learn it is bondage and to be cast off in the spirit of God’s loving adoption. Romans 8:15: For ye have not received…
A Resurrection Reflection
For Lord’s Day, September 27, 2020 Dear Saints, As we close our sermon series through Matthew with the Great Commission today, I’d like to share this acronym from William Hendriksen at the end of His mammoth commentary on Matthew’s Gospel:…
Every Lord’s Day is Easter Sunday!
For Lord’s Day, September 20, 2020. Dear Saints, As we return to the Gospel of Matthew we take it up at the grave of Jesus. And we find He is risen from the dead as the firstfruits of our resurrection.…
Be Still Knowing God (By “Cutting Slack”)
For Lord’s Day, August 23, 2010 Dear Saints, Recently we took comfort together in a sermon on Psalm 46:10: Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the…
Heaven Will Have No Disappointments
For the Lord’s Day, June 21, 2020 Dear Saints, Do you often struggle with being down in the mouth over disappointments (our unmet expectations and surprises)? Me too. Here’s something to encourage us. In his commentary on the Olivet Discourse…
Control Your Circumstances to Maintain Self-Control
For the Lord’s Day, June 14, 2020 Dear Saints, I see an interesting connection of wisdom with something I read in Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point, along with a small section of the Westminster Larger Catechism’s (WLC) teaching on…