Click here for Sunday’s bulletin. 1. MORNING WORSHIP (9:30): Charlie Wingard, preaching Ecclesiastes 9:11-20 “Living Wisely in a Broken World” (8) 2. ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL (11:00): Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands Michael Shipma will be teaching a course based on the book Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul David Tripp. It will weave video instruction with class discussion on the topic of how God uses people, who themselves are in need of change, to be instruments of change in other people’s lives. Please contact Michael if you would like more info or a copy of the book. (Meets in room 105/106) Christians in Politics 3: Religion and Law in America Nat Causey explores the history of our right to…
Read MoreOur Greatest Need
“If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our greatest need was entertainment, he would have sent us a comedian or an artist. If God had perceived that our greatest need was political stability, he would have sent us a politician. If he had perceived that our greatest need was health, he would have sent us a doctor. But he perceived that our greatest need involved sin, our alienation from him, our profound rebellion, our death; and he sent us a Savior.” – D.A. Carson, A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers (Baker, 1992), 109.
Read MoreThe Heidelberg Catechism for the Lord’s Day, January 5
1. What is your only comfort in life and in death? That I, with body and soul, both in life and in death, am not my own, but belong to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all my sins, and redeemed me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my Father in heaven not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, that all things must work together for my salvation. Wherefore, by His Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live unto Him. 2. How many things are necessary…
Read More“ALMIGHTY God, who hast poured upon us the new light of thine incarnate Word; Grant that the same light enkindled in our hearts may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” – 1928 Book of Common Prayer
Read MoreRead the Bible Slowly and Carefully
Haste makes waste of devotional Bible reading. Skim the passage, check it off the “to do” list, and done. On to the next task. This can’t be good. We need to slow down, read carefully, and let the word of God sink into our hearts. Two practices help prevent wasteful haste: First, read the Bible aloud. I understand that earlier generations of English-speaking readers commonly did this, even when reading alone. Second, have someone read the Bible to you. I recommend using the English Standard Version website. Enter the verses you wish to hear and click “listen.” Not only will you hear a carefully prepared reading of the text, you will also learn how to pronounce difficult names and places.…
Read MoreRead the Bible Slowly and Carefully
Haste makes waste of devotional Bible reading. Skim the passage, check it off the “to do” list, and done. On to the next task. This can’t be good. We need to slow down, read carefully, and let the word of God sink into our hearts. Two practices help prevent wasteful haste: First, read the Bible aloud. I understand that earlier generations of English-speaking readers commonly did this, even when reading alone. Second, have someone read the Bible to you. I recommend using the English Standard Version website. Enter the verses you wish to hear and click “listen.” Not only will you hear a carefully prepared reading of the text, you will also learn how to pronounce difficult names and places.…
Read MoreI’m a long time listener to the Mars Hill Audio Journal. Ken Myers recounts his intellectual pilgrimage in The Weekly Standard. (HT: Christopher Wisdom) David Murray on “7 Ways to Stop Students Texting in Class.” Near the end of his sordid life, pornographer Al Goldstein expressed remorse, confessing “I have been the biggest fool in the world.” Marvin Olasky writes: “Maybe that confession will help others who value the thrill of seconds and minutes, rather than the satisfaction of years and eternity, to realize they don’t want to end up the same way.” Mark Jones on why you should be a Presbyterian, The Gospel Coalition has posted two articles on church government, one on Presbyterianism and another on Congregationalism.
Read MoreI’m a long time listener to the Mars Hill Audio Journal. Ken Myers recounts his intellectual pilgrimage in The Weekly Standard. (HT: Christopher Wisdom) David Murray on “7 Ways to Stop Students Texting in Class.” Near the end of his sordid life, pornographer Al Goldstein expressed remorse, confessing “I have been the biggest fool in the world.” Marvin Olasky writes: “Maybe that confession will help others who value the thrill of seconds and minutes, rather than the satisfaction of years and eternity, to realize they don’t want to end up the same way.” Mark Jones on why you should be a Presbyterian, The Gospel Coalition has posted two articles on church government, one on Presbyterianism and another on Congregationalism.
Read MoreThe Heidelberg Catechism for the Lord’s Day, December 29
119. What is the Lord’s Prayer? Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 127. What is the sixth petition? “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;” that is, since we are so weak in ourselves that we cannot stand a moment, and besides, our deadly enemies, the devil, the world, and our own flesh, assail us without ceasing,…
Read More“Almighty God, who gave us your only Son to take our nature upon him and to be born of a pure virgin, grant that we, who are born again in him and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” – An English Prayer Book
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