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 […]
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 […]
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 […]