For the Lord’s Day, February 15, 2015 Dear Saints, Last Lord’s Day evening, we were reminded to approach God in worship and during the Lord’s Supper with reverent attention: Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God […]
For Lord’s Day, February 8, 2015 Dear Saints, It’s another tough Scripture to look at tomorrow as we continue hearing about the terrible Golden Calf incident at the foot of Mount Sinai (Ex. 32:15-25). We will see the need for “tough love” by strong men like Moses if the Church will survive God’s judgment for […]
For Lord’s Day, February 1, 2015 Dear Saints, Led by the Westminster Larger Catechism in the evening sermons, we have been considering the need to examine ourselves and prepare our hearts for proper worship and partaking of the Lord’s Supper. Elder Renner and I recently were reminded of what that needs to “look like”, as […]
For Lord’s Day, January 25, 2015 Dear Saints, In his chapter on the doctrine of adoption, Dr. R.C. Sproul writes: The great lie of Satan is that if you really love a child, you won’t discipline him. In fact, normal discipline is often considered ‘child abuse.’ But the greatest abuse you can give a child is […]
For Lord’s Day, January 18, 2015 [Photo source: http://myheartioffer.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html] Dear Saints, Thomas Watson writes, “There is no receiving a crucified Christ but to a consecrated heart.” Watson is speaking to the vital need of preparing ourselves properly for our effectual taking of the Lord in His Supper (which will be our topic of Scripture study tomorrow evening by the […]
(Image source: http://www.pi-e-t.com) For Lord’s Day, January 4, 2015 Dear Saints, Happy New Year! As we prepare to worship together for the first time in the two thousand and fifthteenth year of our Lord, it is always helpful to renew ourselves in the new man by review: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is […]
For Lord’s Day, December 28, 2014 Dear Saints, I have some very happy news to share with you as I have recently been given clearance by Mr. Allie to “go public” with some family news to further inform your prayers for them. Please now add to your prayers the Lord’s blessing upon their new family […]