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Thomas À Kempis on Profiting from Taking Communion Often

August 15, 2026

For Lord’s Day, August 16, 2026 Dear Saints, It has been a blessing to go through Dr. Harrison Perkins’ book, Take & Eat: Recovering the Regular Celebration of the Lord’s Supper, leading into our weekly communion together.  While there are a few more chapters to read over the next several Lord’s Days as we prepare […]

May Your Last Years be Your Best Years (Letters to the Aged)

August 10, 2026

Dear Saints, As you know, I had the privilege of representing you yesterday ministering the Word as the guest preacher for the afternoon chapel service at Fredericka Manor Retirement Community in Chula Vista. My three oldest boys joined me and stood in the front to honor the elderly saints attending while I first read Leviticus […]

Out of a Job Closer to Family

July 9, 2026

July 9, 2026, Dear Saints, As I shared with you during Sabbath Class last Lord’s Day morning about the amazing providential timing when I happened upon the story, “Out of a Job,” by actor Dick Van Patten in Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul while I was seeking comfort during great anxiety trying to find […]

[Reposted for the 250th this July 4] The 7th Grievance of the U.S. Declaration of Independence Decries Tyrannical Restrictions on Vital Immigration Growth

July 2, 2026

July 2, 2026 With our nation’s 250th this Saturday, we’d like to repost our Pastor’s article regarding one of the Declaration of Independence’s listed complaints against King George III. After surveying the historical context and modern application with relevant Scriptures, the article concludes: “It is no surprise that the Declaration of Independence proclaimed the economic […]

Honor God’s Right to Self-Identify as Male and Father

June 20, 2026

June 20, 2026 Dear Saints, With Father’s Day being tomorrow during this annually manipulated month of June (remembering the rainbow is the Lord’s chosen covenant sign for saving His people from a self-centered world), let us be proud to come out of our Christian closets obeying the Fifth Commandment that ultimately relates to God and […]

The Marvelous Men Behind Our Majestic and Enduring King James Version of the English Bible

June 10, 2026

June 10, 2026 Dear Saints, Recently, I had reason to study through significant sections of two books in our church library about the 47 eminent scholars and clergymen who, over six years—with unmatched academic tenacity and rigorous accountability along with a remarkably deep and wide Christian faith and spiritual enthusiasm, produced our beloved King James […]

An Alternative View to Vandixhoorn’s on the Westminster Confession’s Historic Marriage Affinity Clause

May 27, 2026

May 27, 2026 Dr. Chad Van Dixhoorn’s recent article giving attention to the original Westminster Confession of Faith’s (WCF) position on consanguinity and especially affinity in marriage is most appreciated (see reformation21.org/consanguinity-affinity-and-other-points-of-divinity).  I have made significant use of Van Dixhoorn’s excellent work on the WCF throughout my church membership class booklet—including for the chapter under […]

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