A Friend of Liberty
Yesterday for our home worship service, I preached a sermon by John Witherspoon, Presbyterian minister, President of Princeton, and the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence. He preached it May 17, 1776, and I thought his remarks – at a time of national division, economic downturn, and war – especially applicable to our […]
To Love God and Fear Him
To Fear God and Love Him July/Holiness 5 July 2010 Love God: everyone will love you. Fear God: everyone will fear you. – Colman mac Beognai, Aipgitir Chrabaid (Irish, 7th century) And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all […]
Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. You, the Almighty, choose to use the weak and helpless to demonstrate Your power and might. You use me, not because of my strength and wisdom but because of my […]
The First Commandment Fear the Lord
1.1 Be holy to the Lord
The precepts and statutes in this section are designed to teach and reinforce devotion to the Lord. God’s people are called to discipline their hearts to love and fear Him, their consciences to prefer and choose Him, and all their practices to serve Him. Thus would they be a people holy to the Lord, separated unto Him for the praise of the glory of His grace.