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The Habit of Holy Gazing and Sowing

July 5, 2014

For Lord’s Day, July 6, 2014 Dear Saints, Last week, Christ reminded us in Exodus 22:31 to be holy unto the LORD, and our motivation is that Jesus has presented us as holiness unto the LORD in Himself as the true High Priest typified in Exodus 28:36 and 39:30.  Here are some helpful ways to, by […]

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Responsible for Our Responses

June 28, 2014

For Lord’s Day, June 29, 2014 Dear Saints, I’d like to share something with you I found helpful (among many things) at the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship’s (IBCD) Summer Conference this week, entitled “Making Peace with the Past”. Dr. Steve Viars of Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette Indiana (funny, as I was just […]

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Mining for Gold in the Caves of Good Books

June 20, 2014

For Lord’s Day, June 22, 2014 Dear Saints, I was blessed to observe so many of you pick up on the suggestion to get a copy of Jeremiah Borroughs’ The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment (available here for free online or here for purchase) after the recent evening sermon, Discontent Will Destroy You.  It is a great […]

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Holy Contentment

June 14, 2014

          (Image source: http://www.sevenquotes.com/contentment-is-not-the-fulfillment/contentment/) For Lord’s Day, June 15, 2014 Dear Saints, In the morning service last Lord’s Day, we learned that we must respect our authorities as those God has set over us to represent His own rule over us.  Vern Poythress writes something in his book, The Shadow of Christ […]

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Heed God’s Warning to Defend the Defenseless

June 7, 2014

For Lord’s Day, June 8, 2014 Dear Saints, Last Sabbath morning’s sermon on Exodus 22:21-27, “Care for the Poor”, had a stark warning about how God would personally and severely reward those who take advantage of the defenseless.  It reminded me of something I had intended to share with you when we began the first case laws for the […]

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Be a Difference Maker

May 24, 2014

For Lord’s Day, May 24, 2014 Dear Saints, There is a song getting a lot of airplay on the Christian radio that my family and I have enjoyed singing along to while driving lately, and the refrain has been on my mind a lot with where God is bringing both sermons (and even the bulletin quote) […]

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Simple Faith Gives Unusual Confidence

May 17, 2014

For Lord’s Day, May 18, 2014 [Source of image: http://o5.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/child-praying.jpg] Dear Saints, My Mother and I recently hunted for treasures at the East Lake Goodwill’s large book section.  I uncovered a vein of gold which I know many of you have already been mining for years at great personal profit, Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (in […]

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