One of the things that God wants to do for you here at this Table is encourage you. This is a Table of thanksgiving, which you cannot properly offer when you are discouraged. When we are discouraged, it is often because of affliction around us, or sin within us. Affliction … [Read more...]
With Laces Untied
So let's begin our work on this tough topic by getting two obvious things on the table. The first obvious thing is that the apostle Paul teaches us that how a man behaves in his home is a predictor or indicator of how he will behave in the church. If you want a godly and … [Read more...]
The Neglected Qualification
For various reasons, I need to begin an extended series of posts on "the neglected qualification." The spiritual state of the preacher's kids has long been proverbial, and not in a good way, and yet we continue to have the following in our Bibles. "A bishop then must be … [Read more...]
Brian and Rachel
Whenever we consider the subject of marriage, we naturally turn to the first marriage, the first union of man and woman. The Lord Jesus tells that the union of Adam and Eve was archetypical, which means that there should be many things we can glean by considering what happened in … [Read more...]
Representation in Church Government
My friend Steven Wedgeworth has some good thoughts about head of household voting here. Voting by household is fairly common in the CREC, but at the same time it is not so settled as to have no discussion swirling around it. So in addition to what Steven says, let me throw some … [Read more...]
Hands Like That
We can never be reminded too many times of the gospel of grace. It is a message that is not just information, but also food, and light, and warmth—it is a message that is effectual. And there is a word we should all love more than we do—effectual. Our condition apart from … [Read more...]
Hypocrites Don’t Care . . .
The Lord Jesus warned us about the sin against the Holy Spirit, a sin that could not be forgiven (Matt. 12:31). We are approaching a Table laden with forgiveness, and some tender believers worry about whether they have a right to come, whether they have a right to be … [Read more...]
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