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Be Still Knowing God (By “Cutting Slack”)

August 22, 2020

For Lord’s Day, August 23, 2010 Dear Saints, Recently we took comfort together in a sermon on Psalm 46:10: Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.  We learned here that the way to have peace of heart and mind in […]

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Heaven Will Have No Disappointments

June 19, 2020

For the Lord’s Day, June 21, 2020 Dear Saints, Do you often struggle with being down in the mouth over disappointments (our unmet expectations and surprises)?   Me too.  Here’s something to encourage us.  In his commentary on the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24, William Hendriksen writes: “The future life will not mean the absence of […]

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Control Your Circumstances to Maintain Self-Control

June 13, 2020

For the Lord’s Day, June 14, 2020 Dear Saints, I see an interesting connection of wisdom with something I read in Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point, along with a small section of the Westminster Larger Catechism’s (WLC) teaching on duties required in the Sixth Commandment, “Thou Shalt Not Kill” (Exodus 20:13).  Here’s what the […]

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How to Change the World: Ten Lessons from a Navy Seal Admiral

May 3, 2020

For Lord’s Day, May 3, 2020 Dear Saints, In two sermons last year I quoted from a renowned graduation speech by Navy SEAL Admiral William H. McRraven entitled, “How to Change the World”.  I originally learned about this message last year while listening to a message by a boy in speech and debate club in […]

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Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing!

April 18, 2020

For Lord’s Day, April 19, 2020 Dear Saints, This week’s e-devotion is short and sweet and silly.  But before I continue, I wanted to let you know that our church just had an article published on Reformation21 today which you might like to read and share with others: https://www.reformation21.org/blog/submit-to-the-government-serving-god-to-save-lives This week, our family came about […]

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Richard Baxter on Validity of Government Forbidding Worship Assemblies in Times of Pestilence

April 4, 2020

For Lord’s Day, April 5, 2020 Dear Saints, This week’s e-devotion and preparation for Sabbath worship comes to us again via our brother Mike Delgado’s sleuthing.  I share below what he forwarded to me by Puritan Richard Baxter on whether there are times we may omit Sabbath worship if forbidden by the government (of course, […]

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Martin Luther’s “Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague” is Helpful to Meditate Upon Regarding Our Recent Move to Online Webcast Worship Services During the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 28, 2020

For Lord’s Day, March 29, 2020 Dear Saints, It has been a long time since I’ve done an e-devotion.  My apologies for that.  I’ve been working on one to share along with an online video which I’ve referenced in several sermons not long ago.  But I could use more time, and I just received a […]

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