For Lord’s Day, November 17, 2013 [Image source: http://www.mycleaningproducts.com/blog/2177/roach-guide-tip-and-tricks-to-kill-roaches-safe-and-quick/] Dear Saints, I have been meditating on how there are basically two stark and opposite responses to the Gospel message of repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21); especially, the first side of the coin, repentance (a commitment to turn away […]
For Lord’s Day, November 3, 2013 Dear Saints, Arrghhhh!!!!! That’s what came out of my mouth on a Monday morning recently, with my head in my hands. Somehow, I mistakenly deleted my morning sermon that I had put up on our SermonAudio page early so folks who were home-bound on the Lord’s Day could listen […]
For Lord’s Day, October 20, 2013 Dear Saints, When my family recently volunteered for the annual Creation & Earth History Museum Day in Santee at the end of September, we had the opportunity to listen to an opening ceremony message by the museum’s patron, Mr. Tom Cantor. He shared about how on September 28, 1928, […]
For Lord’s Day, October 13, 2013 (image source: http://www.123rf.com/photo_4123116_broken-heart.html) Dear Saints, This Lord’s Day evening, we will finish the Westminster Larger Catechism’s attention to the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill” (Ex. 20:13). In my recent studies, there were a few quotes that I thought would be very helpful to meditate on as it relates […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]