After the Roman procurator Festus had arranged for the apostle Paul to give an account of himself before King Agrippa and Queen Bernice, the apostle explained what the Lord Jesus had done to him and for him. He did this in the context of describing how God had fulfilled HIs promises to Israel. In the …
Lawrence A. Greensides, R.I.P.
Last night we received word that Nancy’s father, Larry Greensides, went to be with the Lord suddenly. Nancy’s brother was with him at the time, and while his passing was sudden, it was not entirely unexpected. He was 95, and active and fit to the end. We are grateful for the fact that he loved …
Jonathan and Allie
Grace and peace to you, from God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. And having extended and received that scriptural blessing, let us stop to consider what it might mean for us, and how it applies to a joyous event like this wedding. The apostle Paul is thoroughly Trinitarian in his expressions, as we …
The Death of His Saints
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints” (Ps. 116:15). Denise Sproul, the wife of R.C. Sproul, Jr., went to be with the Lord this morning. Please be praying for her family and her friends in their time of grief. But as the apostle Paul said, to be absent from …
Reflections on Christopher Hitchens
Scripture says that it is better to go down to the house of mourning than to the house of laughter (Ecc. 7:2). The reason given in that passage is that this enables the living to “lay it to heart.” The death of Christopher Hitchens should in the first place remind us of our own mortality. …
Brian and Christie
Weddings are at the heart of the creation mandate, and weddings are a glorious exhibition of the new creation mandate as well. They form a parallelism—divine goodness for the earth, as well as a divine proclamation of heavenly realities. When God first created the world, everything was good. When our rebellion against Him plunged us …
Joe and Rachel
Weddings are glorious, and they both remind us and teach us. We are reminded of our own vows, and basic things we have known for a long time, but which need to brought back to us in a fresh way. At the same time, we also learn that marriage is a subject that startles and …
Andrew and Denali
What is it that makes a Christian wedding? It would be easy to answer such a question in a superficial way by simply appealing to forms and customs—as when a Christian minister presides or prays over the ceremony, or if it were to occur in a Christian church. Or perhaps we could say that it …
Jonathan and Annike
In the name of the God of all grace, welcome. Jonathan, grace and peace to you. Annike, may grace and peace be multiplied to you, in such a way as enables you to return it to Jonathan again, pressed down, shaken, and running over. As Christians, we are engaged by the Holy Spirit in the …
Steven and Katie
In the name of the God of all grace, welcome. Steven, may grace and peace be multiplied to you. Katie, may grace and peace be multiplied to you. This is a Christian wedding and, as such, it is therefore a testimony to the grace of God. But what is grace, exactly? For too many people, …