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 “KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy: and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. – 1662 Book of Common Prayer

Click here for tomorrow’s bulletin. MORNING WORSHIP (9:30):  Charlie Wingard, preaching: 1 Kings 8 ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL (11:00): 1. READING THE BIBLE BIBLICALLY A study of how to use the structure, genres, and themes of the Bible to read it with more wonder, depth and understanding. Having considered how these aspects are seen throughout Scripture as a whole, we will apply them to reading select books of the Old and New Testaments. 2. INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN ETHICS Using the Westminster Larger Catechism, the class surveys important moral decisions that contemporary Christians face. Issues include the role of God’s law in a believer’s life, the sanctification of the Lord’s day, abortion, capital punishment, end of life issues, sexual purity, fidelity in…

Articles of interest I read this week: A prayer of Brownlow North. Does Facebook make us unhappy? “Any Harvard Law School degree obtained by a woman who then chooses not to use it in any sort of professional capacity throughout most of her life is a wasted opportunity,” insists one writer. An Ivy League graduate, stay-at-home Mom disagrees. (HT: Erica Parker) Sinclair Ferguson on assurance, the greatest of Protestant “heresies.” A pastor apologizes to his former congregation. In response to pleas for moral responsibility, a hotel chain stops offering pornography in its rooms. Nicholas Carr on “Paper versus Pixel.” (HT: Craig Bosma) Do laptops belong in classrooms?

My book club’s next meeting is Monday, October 28, 6 p.m. We’ll discuss The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough. Just read the book, come, and contribute to the discussion. We’re usually done in 90 minutes. If you’re not already a member of the group, please let me know if you plan to attend. Watch Brian Lamb’s “In Depth” interview with the author.

93. How are these [The Ten] Commandments divided? Into two tables: the first of which teaches, in four commandments, what duties we owe to God; the second, in six, what duties we owe to our neighbor. 94. What does God require in the first Commandment? That, on peril of my soul’s salvation, I avoid and flee all idolatry, sorcery, enchantments, invocation of saints or of other creatures; and that I rightly acknowledge the only true God, trust in Him alone,  with all humility and patience expect all good from Him only, and love, fear, and honor Him with my whole heart; so as rather to renounce all creatures than to do the least thing against His will. 95. What is…

“ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  (1662 Book of Common Prayer)