Growing into Christ
Pray for Your Church: The Foundations (6) … that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—from […]
Godly Greetings
“To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Fatherand the Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess. 1:1, NKJV) Salutations can be tricky business, especially nowadays with the prevalence of emails. Sometimes we will go for the tone we want to create. “Hi” might work. “Hello” could be a bit more stilted. Other times we may […]
Immanuel
Jesus throughout the Scriptures: Pre-exilic Prophets 2 (5)Pray Psalm 147.1.Praise the LORD!For it is good to sing praises to our God;For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.Sing Psalm 147.1.(St. Anne: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past)Praise God, for it is good to sing loud praises to the LORD!With joy our songs of praise we bring to God and to His […]
All of Life
Our readings in this series are from the book, The Church Captive. Here is a brief excerpt from pages 52 and 53: “Dr. Machen insisted that ‘the Christian life is not a life of idleness, but a battle.’ It means dying to self, taking up one’s cross, preparing for sacrifice and suffering, and not merely asking […]
Not Ready
Luke 9:43–45 (ESV) And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” But they did not understand this […]