For Lord’s Day, October 6, 2013 Dear Saints, Following the recent morning sermon in Exodus, Elder Huffmaster recounted to me the terrible demise Friedrich Nietzsche went through at the end of his life. Nietzsche was a philosopher famous for popularizing the Kingdom of Man’s exclamation, “God is dead!” This is the epitome of mocking God! […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, September 29, 2013 Dear Saints, This Lord’s Day evening, we will further consider what is forbidden in the 6th Commandment, “Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20:13). We will focus on this clause of the answer for Westminster Larger Catechism 136: ” … the neglecting or withdrawing the lawful and necessary means of […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day September 22, 2013 Dear Saints, I had Ligonier Ministries’ RefNet online radio playing on my computer while working this week, and Dr. R.C. Sproul said something in a message that I thought was very much worth our meditation. He said, “The essence of the Christian ethic is gratitude.” This statement was in his […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, September 15, 2013 Dear Saints, I just saw on the news an encouraging testimony to the truth of Romans 8:28. Kirk Cameron was just interviewed by Religion Correspondent Lauren Green on FoxNews’ “Spirited Debate” about his upcoming movie, Unstoppable, which is itself seeking to understand God’s sovereignty in all things as it […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, September 8, 2013 Dear Saints, The Scottish Puritan and Westminster Divine, Samuel Rutherford wrote: “I find it a sweet and rich thing to exchange my sorrows with Christ’s joys, my afflictions with that sweet peace I have with himself.” There is a lovely exchange that you can have ongoing with Christ to […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, September 1, 2013 Dear Saints, Tomorrow evening, we will continue studying the Scriptures with the guide of the Larger Catechism 135 on understanding our duty to preserve and save the life of ourselves and others, as implied by “Thou shalt not kill.” We will focus on one clause that relates to our […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, August 25, 2013 (Image Source: www.wxyz.com) Dear Saints, I was blessed to read in my devotions recently the following verse: … ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s (1 Corinthians 3:23). It reminded me who I am and Whose I am. This knowledge identifies me. This knowledge defines my life. So it […]
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