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 […]
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 […]