We have noted earlier that Psalm 22:3 says that God lives in the praises of His people. He dwells there. This means that our songs, our psalms, our hymns are the living stones of a glorious Temple. This means that our music is a cloud of glory, the same kind of cloud that God used …
Spiritual Bread, Spiritual Wine
This bread is spiritual bread, and this wine is spiritual wine. But it is not spiritual in the sense that the bread and wine are somehow ethereal or non-real. The bread and wine before us is recognizably bread and wine. So what do we mean by considering it spiritual food? When Paul says that in …
No Other God
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. Our Father and God, You are the one true God, and …
More Than Words Can Say
This is a meal, not a sermon. It is a meal with a meaning, of course, and sermons have meanings as well. Or, at any rate, some sermons do. But the fact that the meal has meaning and sermons have meaning should not make us think that a meal is a sermon—or that a sermon …
Senator Edward Kennedy
As you all know, this last week, Senator Edward Kennedy passed from this life. This drew national attention, and in the media virtually everyone—right, left and middle—paid their respects. Some considered him as the exemplar of what is needed, while others praised him personally while reserving to themselves the right to differ with him “on …
False Unity
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 dwell among a people who have wanted to overthrow …
Refugees and Apostles
INTRODUCTION: As we seek to live our lives as faithful Christians, informed by the Word of God, we soon discover that it is not a simple process. It is not as though the Spirit gave us a rule book, in outline form, fully indexed. He gave us laws, principles, stories, and parables, strewn across various …
What Sort of House Shall It Be?
In Ps. 22: 3, we are told that God is holy, and that He inhabits the praises of Israel. What does that mean? We are the people of God, and when we sing, when we praise God, we are constructing a dwelling place for Him? So what kind of place should we build? How should …
Not a Tiny Works Club
Partaking of the bread and wine is a privilege that our children grow up with. It is our practice to come to this Table with our little ones. This is of course a debate matter in the broader Christian world, and one of the things we should do because of this is guard ourselves at …
Prayer of the Fatherless
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 kneel before You now, the one who searches every …