For Lord’s Day, August 5, 2012 Dear Saints, Tomorrow evening we celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. Following is another excerpt from Gordon J. Keddie’s book, The Lord’s Supper is a Celebration of Grace, to prepare your soul: “A seal pledges the validity and certainty of the thing signified … the symbols of the Lord’s Supper […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, August 12, 2012 Dear Saints, After last Lord’s Day’s sermon on Genesis 33:1-16, “Humble yourself for peace,” I noticed a theme in my devotions through Proverbs this week. It was said in the sermon that peace is a product of humility. Proverbs has a lot to say about what results come out […]
Read More »Dear Saints, In preparation for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Service, please meditate on this quote by Charles Hodge: “Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather “giving of thanks” (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the source of joy and gladness, but its joy is expressed in a religious way, […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, November 18, 2012 Dear Saints, As we sing the first part of Psalm 19 for our morning worship this month, I want to share a quote from Calvin’s Institutes that has really blessed me in my day-to-day observance of God’s hand in nature which stays in my mind’s eye during our corporate […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, November 11, 2012 Dear Saints, Are you a “Shorter Catechism Boy or Girl”? Are your children? The email I am forwarding you (below, and the source of the pictures in this post) ties nicely in with last Lord’s Day evening’s sermon, “Disciple Your Children”, based on Deuteronomy 6:6-7. Notice what B.B. Warfield […]
Read More »For Lord’s Day, November 4, 2012. Dear Saints, A number of you have asked about how my Mom is doing, which I very much appreciate. I am thankful to report that, other than some rain, she was not effected much by Hurricane Sandy, except for the folks who are driving up from NYC (it’s very busy […]
Read More »For Lord’s day, October 28, 2012: Dear Saints, Tomorrow morning, we will see how Jacob laments the death of Joseph (as far as he knows is the case) by renting his clothes and lamenting in sackcloth in terrible mourning. Yet, behind the scenes, we will see Joseph on the next step of his journey toward […]
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