Our Father and God, Your Word tells us plainly that You hate and despise, among other things, pride, lies, and hands that shed innocent blood. We confess to You that our nation is guilty of all three, and so we turn to You now to confess these grievous sins to You on behalf of our …
Faith Must Have Something in Its Hands
When we gather at this Table, we are partaking of Christ and we are partaking with Christ. The thing that makes this an efficacious blessing is of course faith, but this faith does not work apart from what it was told to do. We were told to eat and drink, and so believing faith eats …
Let Me Count the Ways
Flattery is deadly, and before you start flattering others, you must first flatter yourself. The reason it is such a deadly sin is that it is the sin that hides from you your clear need to repent. Flattery rushes up to you as soon as the Holy Spirit has convicted you of something, and hastens …
A Nation of Flatterers
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. We acknowledge that we are nation of flatterers, and that we …
Simplicity and the Feast
In a number of places, the New Testament describes this meal as a feast, as a festival. In Jude, the saints are told to avoid the immoral men who defile their love feasts (Jude 12; 2 Pet. 2:13). Paul tells the Corinthians to get rid of the yeast of malice and wickedness as they observe …
Humanity Divided
As the people of God, we are called to be the people of God. This reality is the reality of the antithesis. It is the constant and unrelenting desire of the secularists to blur and muddy the antithesis, and it is one of our fundamental duties to maintain it. God spoke at the beginning of …
Weak Knees and Drooping Hands
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we are glad that You are the God who forgives, …
Feel Free to Bring the Kids
The gospel is declaration, not investigation. We were not told to go out into the world, in order to find out where the Spirit had already begun His secret work. Rather, we were commanded to go preach, declare, and announce the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We were to do this openly, and …
The Nature of Folly
Folly is not defined against a worldly standard. There is a kind of folly that exists there, true, a dumb and dumber kind of thing. But we are not concerned with that. In Scripture, folly is not a matter of intelligence, but rather of a moral indisposition to submit to God. Some of the most …
Collecting Follies as Though They Were Trophies
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we confess that because we have abandoned You as a …