The Monday After
How is your mood on Monday? During the NFL season in the community I call home, the Monday mood of many hinges on what happened… Read More »The Monday After
Series
Hymn 140 “Jesus, I Will Ponder Now”
A HYMN OF GLORY LET US SING (SIXTEENTH IN A SERIES) I recently saw a social media post in which a Christian from a Reformed… Read More »Hymn 140 “Jesus, I Will Ponder Now”
“I Will Deliver You No More!”
(For context, please read Judges 10:6-16) “Then the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord.” (Judges 10:6) Again? This cycle continues… Read More »“I Will Deliver You No More!”
One Sacrifice for Sins
“For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain… Read More »One Sacrifice for Sins
“What Are Our Concerns about the American Legion?”
“I’M GLAD YOU ASKED!” (TWENTY-FIFTH IN A SERIES) Pastors Answer Frequently-Asked Questions Whenever a secular group or organization tries to inject a spiritual component into… Read More »“What Are Our Concerns about the American Legion?”
Hymn 129 Once Far Off But Now Invited
A HYMN OF GLORY LET US SING (FIFTEENTH IN A SERIES)
Sometimes it helps to see a sequence of letters in print to understand what is being said. Consider a-p-a-r-t. When those letters are placed next to each other it means, ironically, that items are separated. They are “apart.” When the first two letters are separated, however, it conveys that items are connected. They are “a part.”
Which of those options applies to our relationship with the people of God?
As a group, we Gentiles—those who cannot trace blood lines back to Abraham—were separate from the covenant people of Old Testament times. Gentiles were apart from God’s chosen people of Israel, apart from those to whom the prophets were sent and the promises given.Read More »Hymn 129 Once Far Off But Now Invited
Completed Actions, Abiding Results
“Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:19-25Read More »Completed Actions, Abiding Results
Did Moses Stutter?
For most of us, the name Moses evokes powerful images. Moses standing before mighty Pharaoh. Moses leading the exodus from Egypt. Moses raising his staff… Read More »Did Moses Stutter?
“What is the ‘Headship Principle’?”
“I’M GLAD YOU ASKED!” (TWENTY-FOURTH IN A SERIES) Pastors Answer Frequently-Asked Questions If I started by telling you what it is, you might not read… Read More »“What is the ‘Headship Principle’?”
Hymn 96 “Oh, Rejoice, Ye Christians, Loudly”
A HYMN OF GLORY LET US SING (FOURTEENTH IN A SERIES)
It may be a new year, but do you get the feeling that you’ve done it all before? Just like last year, you’ve watched the thirty-first of December fade out of sight and the first of January come into focus. Unless the Lord returns first, you’ll likely do the same again next year and the year after that.
In music, when certain lines repeat over and over again, it is called a refrain. Thus as the beginning of our year repeats, the words of Christian Keimann’s hymn also repeat through four stanzas: “Joy O joy, beyond all gladness, Christ hath done away with sadness! Hence, all sorrow and repining, For the Sun of Grace is shining!”Read More »Hymn 96 “Oh, Rejoice, Ye Christians, Loudly”