For Lord’s Day, March 11, 2012 Dear Saints, How should one listen to a sermon? The email below poses and answers this question. It is something I mentioned recently at a Wednesday night study that I had received and would forward as worth your considering to prepare for listening to God in worship. An important […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, March 18, 2012 Dear Saints, May the Lord give us all more witnessing opportunities in our daily lives that we can be giving prayer support to as a church. May we be looking for such opportunities that are simple but packed with potential. I am reminded of some of Rick Phillips’ comments […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, March 25, 2012 Dear Saints, What do you think about the following statements from Reformed pastors/writers?: “I’m about as good as I’m going to get, and I’m tired of trying.” You are “free to cuss and spit … You are free. You can do it right or wrong. You can obey or […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, April 1 Dear Saints, “Once saved, always saved.” Is that something you can take to the bank for yourself? Absolutely. You cannot lose your salvation. This is where the Larger Catechism, Q&A 79, will guide us in worship this Lord’s Day evening. Meditating on our secure salvation should serve as a great […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day April 8 Dear Saints, As we have finished the Larger Catechism section directly discussing justification and sanctification, I thought this Proverb was a nice summary of a few things for our meditation: But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. […]
Read More »Dear Saints, I want to thank you for staying committed to Christ and this local branch of His Church. I was thinking of you all and how Christ will surely reward you for your faithfulness to one another while I was reading an article in an e-newsletter I received this week. It talks about how we should go […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, May 13, 2012 Dear Saints, In my private morning devotion, I noticed something when singing a Psalm. It’s getting better with repetition. Now, I’m not commenting on how it sounds, especially early in the morning. But I had sung it with Jennifer going to bed the evening before, and earlier that day […]
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