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…
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…
For Lord’s Day, May 3, 2020 Dear Saints, In two sermons last year I quoted from a renowned graduation speech by Navy SEAL Admiral William H. McRraven entitled, “How to Change the World”. I originally learned about this message last…
For Lord’s Day, April 19, 2020 Dear Saints, This week’s e-devotion is short and sweet and silly. But before I continue, I wanted to let you know that our church just had an article published on Reformation21 today which you…
For Lord’s Day, April 5, 2020 Dear Saints, This week’s e-devotion and preparation for Sabbath worship comes to us again via our brother Mike Delgado’s sleuthing. I share below what he forwarded to me by Puritan Richard Baxter on whether…
For Lord’s Day, March 29, 2020 Dear Saints, It has been a long time since I’ve done an e-devotion. My apologies for that. I’ve been working on one to share along with an online video which I’ve referenced in several…
For Lord’s Day, December 9, 2018 Dear Saints, It has been a long time since I have been able to give proper attention to writing an e-devotional for you. It likely will be a while before I can do so…
For the Lord’s Day, November 26, 2017 Dear Saints, We continue with our devotion through Jeremiah Burroughs’, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment. The next thing he teaches us is that contentment is “a quiet frame of spirit”. He explains: Methinks I feel…
For Lord’s Day, November 5, 2017 Dear Saints, First, a reminder to turn back your clocks tonight for Daylight Saving Time tomorrow. We return to Jeremiah Burroughs’, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, as a follow-up to our Wednesday night…
For Lord’s Day, September 3, 2017 Dear Saints, After a long hiatus, we return to our excerpts from Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment. Let us be good students to learn and become master artists. Burroughs goes on…