The Lord’s Day Minimum Daily Requirement… Beggars Should Be Choosers (Part 3)
Choosing a Church Home
Preaching that presents not law as the food for faith but Christ crucified as found in the gospel: In other words, not mere teachings that are more at home in a seminary class. Not sermons that are mainly admonitions to being more faithful and obedient. Not primarily moral examples from the Bible to imitate. But a... Continue Reading
Walking in Truth
God will use our prayer, obedience, and His Word as the main tools to mature us unto Christ-likeness.
When we commit to walking in His truth, we stand out like a sore thumb. We do not take advantage of anyone or any situation. Instead, we walk by faith not by sight. Those in the world who are out for self and self alone will see us as weak and stupid. In fact, they... Continue Reading
The Syntax of Sacrifice
Introduction to Leviticus
The worshiper offers purification and reparations offerings in order to repair breaches in the relationship caused by sinful and impure actions. Then the worshiper offers himself in total surrender to Yahweh, drawing near to him as a pleasing aroma in the ascension offering. And he may offer a tribute to Yahweh for all of his... Continue Reading
Passover: How the Meal of Remembrance Makes Sense of Communion
To understand communion, the new covenant ceremony Jesus instituted, it’s important to first understand the Passover festival that lies behind it.
At the Passover “party,” God’s people regularly shared fellowship and food, remembering God’s redemptive work and his care for the weak. The festival provides an important backdrop for our regular remembrance during the Lord’s Supper. As we come to the communion table, as we gather and worship together, may we reflect on the blood of... Continue Reading
He is Good
Our powerful Saviour is not only mighty to save, He is also holy.
We badly mistake Him when we think there is any unwillingness on His side. No – the unwillingness is only ever on our side. He invites you to come, entreats you to come, offers you incentive to come and assures you that He will not cast you out. This is the Saviour who sympathizes with... Continue Reading
Strengthened by the Supper (1): What are the Sacraments?
The sacraments signify and seal the gospel promise of God to us.
The Lord’s Supper is a sacrament. The Lord’s Supper is a divine gift meant to declare and seal to us, Christ’s church, His great promise of the gospel of a crucified and risen Christ. Receive the sacraments with gratitude, and rejoice in the gospel given you in and through them. A slight correction from... Continue Reading
Every Sunday is Easter
We stop to exalt our exalted, crucified, buried, risen, ascended, ruling King.
Every Sunday can (and should) have Easter expectancy. Every Sunday is about the person and work of Jesus. If there is a significant gap between Easter Sunday and all the rest of the Sundays, then we’re doing something very wrong. We would often go to my grandparent’s for Easter. It was a special occasion.... Continue Reading
Responding Rightly to Overwhelming Calamity
Sometimes it seem like things just cannot get any worse.
Things can just seem to go from bad to worse. Many of us have had days like that. While we may not go through things quite as bad and heavy-duty as David did, we all still need to respond as he did. What we find in verse 6 is something we must remember and apply:... Continue Reading
It’s All About Jesus
Christ is the heart of the gospel prefigured, procured, and proclaimed.
All of the blessings of the new covenant are bound up in Christ and represented by baptism, and are received by grace through faith. As Christ preached in the days of Noah, so He preaches in our day to come to Him and be saved. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just... Continue Reading
Coping with Unanswered Prayer through the Local Church
God wants us to respond to unanswered prayer by pushing further into him, by drawing nearer.
When our prayers go unanswered, it ought to be a wake-up call to dive back into the means of grace God has mercifully provided for us. One of those means of grace is the local church. Fellowship with like-minded Christians in the gathering of the local church is crucial to a Christian’s spiritual life. ... Continue Reading
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