For Lord’s Day, February 4, 2017 Dear Saints, Next Wednesday night we will begin studying Thomas Watson’s, The Art of Divine Contentment, and I plan to use our weekly (Lord-willing) e-devotions/Pastor’s Posts to share the “cliff notes” of Jeremiah Burrough’s, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment along the way as a companion complement of sorts to our […]
For Lord’s Day, January 29, 2017 Dear Saints, On the occasion of my daughter, Olivia Rose, taking her communicant membership vows before you this morning to be received into full communion and begin taking the Lord’s Supper this evening, wherein I will be charging her to Keep Picking Up and Passing on the Faith and […]
For the Lord’s Day, January 22, 2017 Dear Saints, Last Lord’s Day’s morning sermon based on Ephesians 3:8 encouraged us to more deeply explore “the unsearchable riches of Christ”. We were exhorted to “Keep Searching Out Christ”, as His mercies are new every morning for great is His faithfulness. (Image source: https://caffeineforge.com/2013/08/07/my-cup-runneth-over/) We remembered in that […]
Dear Saints, As you know, I’m up in the mountains on respite with the children and will not be able to vote tomorrow for the next president of the United States of America. Frankly, I’m disgusted with the candidate options, and if I was able to vote I would write in a name that was clearly Christian […]
Van Leuven Family Devotion for Start Date of Gerson Therapy Protocol Encouragement for healing and health improvement and safety July 20, 2016 Creation’s Diet Design Extended through the Flood: Psalm 139:14-15: we are fearfully and wonderfully made (designed, thus so would naturally be our food; just like any machine, it’s fuel is carefully designed for […]
For Lord’s Day, June 5, 2016 Dear Saints, Jennifer and I recently came across a video (shared below) that I mentioned to you in passing in last week’s evening sermon on the qualifications for elders. There I reminded us that the Hebrew word for “elders” is more literally “bearded ones” as an example that only […]
For Lord’s Day, March 20, 2016 Dear Saints, Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness … so reads Psalm 112:4. Thomas Watson quoted this Scripture in his lengthy exposition of the beatitude we look at tomorrow night, Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God (Matthew 5:9), in […]