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 would love to be able to ask You to …
Swallowing in the Heart
We worship and serve Christ, who is the Incarnation of the God of all grace. We come to partake of Him here, and this means that we come to be partakers of His grace. Now this table is all grace. The cup is a cup of blessing, and the bread is the bread of life. …
A Brief Theology of Two Services
As you no doubt know, you are worshiping God this morning in one of two services. Thinking about this, and as you discussed with your families which one you would attend, it would be easy to reduce the whole question to a matter of logistics. We don’t really have room to fit everyone conveniently into …
National Sins Like Scarlet
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 over all creation, we look to You as the God …
Finding Your Pitch
This last week, we had the privilege of meeting together with the other delegates of Knox Presbytery, the inland northwest presbytery of the CREC. One of the things that we discussed, as we worked through the problems that are confronting our congregations, is the challenge of psalm-singing fatigue. As we have set ourselves the challenge …
No “God in a Box” Religion
We are accustomed to speak of Word and sacrament together. In the normal order of things, they do go together, but it is not as though God is constrained. He ministers to His people when, where, and how He pleases. When God gave Moses His Word on the mountain, their communion there did not include …
Cut to the Heart
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 and gracious God, those who had been responsible for the …
Opening Every Lawful Door
We are eager to establish and grow up into a genuine musical literacy as a congregation, as a community. But we have to take care to understand this process rightly. We obviously have to teach our children, and we have a great deal to learn ourselves in this process. And in this area, we have …
Cup and Platter
When the Lord Jesus is chastising the Pharisees for their hypocrisy, He speaks to them with the image of a cup and platter (Matt. 23:25-26). We would do well to apply what He said to our use of the cup and platter here. He said that the scribes and Pharisees liked to make a fair …
No Fear of God Before Their Eyes
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 and God, we would be a God-fearing people, but we …