Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! God of all creation, we lift up our voices in praise and adoration because You are worthy of all praise and adoration. We know that You have spoken the universe into existence, and when our father Adam rebelled against You, in your …
Little Ones in the Heavenly Courts
This morning the exhortation is for a particular (and very important) part of our congregation—the little ones. I want to begin by asking all the children who are eight-years-old and younger to pay close attention. Step out in the aisle if you need to, or stand on your chair, or have your mom or dad …
The Glory of Matter
We are created and shaped in the image of God, and we are the crowning glory of matter. Our first father Adam was fashioned out of the earth, and when we die, we return to that earth. For a time, matter is organized in such a way as to love, think, sing praises to God, …
Yet Another Sabbath
Our Father and God, we thank You now for all the kindness You have shown to us in bringing us to yet another Sabbath day. The food before us is wonderful, the hands that prepared it are blessed, the wine is rich. We are so grateful that You have brought us into the salvation that …
Marriage as Manifest Glory XXI
INTRODUCTION: The central command given to husbands as husbands in the New Testament is the command to love. The central command given to wives as wives is the command to honor and respect. We will consider the first in detail this week, and the second next week. THE TEXTS: For the husband is the head …
A Protestant Vision for Unity
Dear Joel, What I would like to do in this letter is sketch a Protestant vision for the unity of the Church. It is important to emphasize from the start that I am not addressed how unified the Church ought to be, but rather how unified the Church will be. The vexed question of church …
Lower Half of the Class
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 48 My father-in-law likes to joke that fifty percent of all doctors graduated in the lower half of their class at med school. And if there were a school that all businessmen and retail merchants had to graduate from, then …
Doing It Right
Dr. Bryan Chapell of Covenant Seminary has written a very reasonable treatment of the New Perspective on Paul, which can be found here. He distinguishes things that need to be distinguished, he knows what central issues of the faith need to be defended and preserved, he criticizes without hysterics, and his admonitions to all parties …
Worship With Anticipation
Gracious Lord and God, we thank You now for yet another Lord’s Day. We look forward to worship with anticipation, and we are grateful to be able to show that anticipation through eating and drinking in Your presence. You are a holy God, and we are grateful that You receive us in the holiness of …
Our Heretical Hair
A friend pointed me to a new Master’s program at Knox Seminary, which actually looks pretty good. Click here. But that Auburn Avenue heresy stuff is like an insidious gas that permeates everything, up to and including this new Master’s program at Knox. In bold-face type (no less), they say the following: “We need to …