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 […]
Image source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357262182914318275/ For Lord’s Day, March 6, 2016 Dear Saints, I was impressed with something I recently heard a celebrated American composer and singer-songwriter share that I’d like to pass on to you, my friends and brethren: I’ve had hopeless times in my life about different things, and you just have to persevere, because one […]
For Lord’s Day, February 21, 2016 Dear Saints, Considering that the Lord just reminded us in Leviticus 19:32 to honor those older than us (especially those with gray-haired crowns as reflecting the Ancient of Days), and considering part of this honor involves encouraging our elders to talk with us about their lives while we listen […]
For Lord’s Day, February 7, 2016 (Image source: http://timesofsandiego.com/life/2015/05/12/gusty-desert-winds-to-make-driving-difficult-on-interstate-8/) Dear Saints, Last week in the morning service, Leviticus 19:30 had us revisit the fundamental expression of being God’s people—sanctified Sabbath worship around Him in His sanctuary. This is, after all, a foretaste of heaven (as depicted in The Revelation). Since then, I’ve been thinking about […]
For Lord’s Day, January 31, 2016 Dear Saints, Sometimes there are meaningful things gleaned in commentaries for sermon preparation that won’t make it “out of the woodshed” and into the sermons. Preparing for tomorrow evening’s sermon that will introduce our Lord’s magnificent “Sermon on the Mount” with His glorious “Beatitudes”, I have these particle shavings […]