This is the central meal of history. This is the meal at the world’s end, and it is the food that was set before our first parents in the Garden, and which they turned away from in search of their own food. This is the table at the center. This is the food that teaches …
Blessed But Ungrateful
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 acknowledge that You have given this nation exceptional blessings. …
The Kindergarten of This Particular School
The cross of Jesus Christ is the grace of God, extended to the world. When we are given the privilege of being joined to Christ in order to die in union with Him, and to be raised in union with Him, this too is grace. It is liberation from self-absorption. The cruciform life is therefore …
Extending What He Has Done
We considered last week that in His death, the Lord Jesus put all ungodly violence to death. When the lion lies down with the lamb, it will be the outworking of His passion and sacrifice. When they no longer hurt or destroy in all His holy mountain, it will be because of the death He …
For This Reckless People
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 do not want to perish quickly from the land …
The Heart and Musical Vocabulary
In multiple places in Scripture, we are told of the blessing that comes with singing a new song. But this is an easy phrase to misunderstand—we tend to think it means a recent song. But the idea of the new song is that of a fresh song. It refers the quality of the song, and …
He Killed Their Violence
The Lord Jesus died at the hands of violent men, and when He rose, He was delivered from the hands of violent men. This is one of the themes we find in Scripture—God’s deliverance of His people from violence (Ps. 18:48; Ps. 140:1-4). This does not require pacifism—God’s warriors are never described as violent men. …
A Nation of Unclean Lips
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 to You that we are a nation of …
True Victim
We have gathered here to commemorate the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, the propitiatory sacrifice of the true Victim. We have so much to learn about what He did for us in this that we could spend the rest of lives just trying to figure out how to scratch the surface. We sometimes drift …
And There Slain
When envy has you by the throat, what can you do? It might appear to you in virulent forms, or it might seem almost invisible—camouflaged nicely to fit in with what you have come to call the principle of the thing. Envy is one of the hardest sins to admit, and it is one of …