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We welcome to the pulpit tomorrow Dr. James Hurley, Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, and chairman of that department. Dr. Hurley teaches regularly in churches, frequently conducts marriage seminars and is a practicing Marriage and Family therapist. He has been involved in Prison Fellowship, the Sexual Abuse Coalition, and various counseling associations. His first book, Man and Woman in Biblical Perspective, has become a touchstone volume regarding role relationships for men and women in the church. He and his wife, Phyllis, are members of Redeemer Presbyterian Church of Jackson and reside in Clinton, Mississippi. Click here for Sunday’s bulletin. 1. MORNING WORSHIP (9:30): Dr. James Hurley, preaching Ephesians 4:1-16 “Maintaining Unity in…
Read MorePerseverance
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” (James 1:2-4, NIV) D.A. Carson comments: “[W]e should rejoice because we know that when our faith is tested, the result is perseverance. As an athlete endures in order build up endurance, so a Christian perseveres under trial in order to build up perseverance. Perseverance contributes something important to our character. It ‘must finish its work that [we] may be mature and complete, not lacking anything’ (1:4). The alternative is a personality that may love the Lord when things are going…
Read MorePlease join us for Westminster Presbyterian Church’s annual theology conference, which begins Friday. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Dr. James Hurley (Ph.Ds from Cambridge and Florida State) is Professor of Marriage and Family, Therapy at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS, and chairman of that department. Dr. Hurley teaches regularly in churches, frequently conducts marriage seminars and is a practicing Marriage and Family therapist. He has been involved in Prison Fellowship, the Sexual Abuse Coalition, and various counseling associations. His first book, Man and Woman in Biblical Perspective, has become a touchstone volume regarding role relationships for men and women in the church. He and his wife, Phyllis, are members of Redeemer Presbyterian Church of Jackson and reside in Clinton, MS. ABOUT…
Read MoreThe Heidelberg Catchism for the Lord’s Day, January 12
3. From where do you know your misery? From the Law of God. 4. What does the Law of God require of us? Christ teaches us in sum, Matthew 22: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” 5. Can you keep all this perfectly? No,for I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbor.
Read More“O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” – 1662 Book of Common Prayer
Read MoreOur Pleasure and Our Duty
Our pleasure and our duty, Though opposite before, Since we have seen His beauty, Are joined to part no more: It is our highest pleasure, No less than duty’s call, To love Him beyond measure, And serve Him with our all. – John Newton
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