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 […]
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 […]
For Lord’s Day, August 18, 2013 Dear Saints, Today, I was a little disappointed. I took a break from sermon preparation to inspect the several fruit trees in the manse’s backyard. I have been nursing several of them to health for the three years that we’ve been here, and keenly interested in their improvement and […]
For Lord’s Day, August 11, 2013 (Image Source: versaday.com) Dear Saints, One of our brothers from the East who (with his family) worshiped with us earlier this year while in San Diego on business recently shared this quote: “The reason why people complain so much of difficulty in duty is because their hearts are not […]
For Lord’s Day, August 4, 2013 (Image source: http://www.lsctc.org) Dear Saints, Not infrequently, we turn to Ephesians 4:22-24 for motivation on how to grow in grace and walk in the light: … put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit […]
For Lord’s Day, July 28, 2013 Dear Saints, At our Session meeting this week, Elder Paul Huffmaster shared some things God taught him during his six-week stay in bed with terrible back pain. I asked him to write what follows to share with you as this week’s e-devotion. I think it will help anyone who […]
For Lord’s Day, July 21, 2013 Dear Saints, I just watched a movie recommended to me, called The Letter Writer. While I’d have a few minor theological disclaimers, it was a sweet movie in which the young leading lady lived out a transformation of what seemed to be the movie’s main moral, repeated several times in […]