“Preaching, the declaring of God’s eternal Word to time-bound but eternal creatures, is serious work, and its triumphs and disasters echo into eternity” (Allen, The Preacher’s Catechism, p. 17).
Psalm 106/The Salvation of Ingrates
The Eleventh Decade of Psalms: Introduction: God is always to be praised for His wondrous works, but we also need to remember to make sure to catalog our praises. God works wonderfully in creation, ...
Israel and the Tabernacle of David/Psalm 105
Introduction: What we have here is a glorious retelling of God’s deliverance of Israel in and through the Exodus. In addition, we find that it is a retelling that is theologically sophisticated, and that on several levels. The Text: “O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: Make known his deeds among the …
Psalm 104/A Hymn of Creation and Providence
The Eleventh Decade of Psalms: Introduction: In this psalm, among many other truths, we see that the Holy Spirit of God is the one who gives us all forms of life. “Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created” (v. 30). And in the Nicene Creed, which we recited today, we confessed that we believe …
When Smoke Prays
And here is the video of the sermon on Psalm 102, a prayer from the afflicted. Psalm 102: When Smoke Prays
Psalm 103/Crowned With Kindness
Introduction: In this most encouraging psalm, we have a plain statement of what our condition is apart from the grace of God, coupled with a clear testimony of the giving of that grace regardless. One of the worst things a man can be is an ingrate, and in this psalm we are catechized in the …
The Householder’s Psalm
Psalm 101: The Householder’s Psalm
Action as the Foundation of Knowledge
“And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19). Knowing and understanding are certainly important, but knowledge is built upon doing, not the other way around. In the verse I just read …
Think for a Moment
In answer to the question of whether or not Jesus was going to reign over a particular part of the earth or not, the answer that Isaac Watts suggested is an apt one. Well, he asks, does the sun shine on it? Jesus shall reign where’re the sunDoes his successive journeys run. This is a …
#SamePageSummer Guest Post
For more info, go here . . . For as long as I can remember we have been praying for reformation and revival in the church. While I have longed to see the Lord answer that prayer I have also felt the distant and intangible nature of the request. What could we actually do to …