Worship

Family Feasting

For Lord’s Day, January 27, 2013 Dear Saints, First, a reminder we’ll be watching Sherwood Pictures’ “Courageous” tonight at the Church in the Fireside Room. Bring popcorn to share.  Remember, these Homemaker events are for fellowship for the WHOLE covenant…

How to Listen to a Sermon

For Lord’s Day, March 11, 2012 Dear Saints, How should one listen to a sermon? The email below poses and answers this question. It is something I mentioned recently at a Wednesday night study that I had received and would…

Thanksgiving: Religious Expressions of Cheer and Joy

Dear Saints, In preparation for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Service, please meditate on this quote by Charles Hodge: “Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather “giving of thanks”  (Eph. 5:4). Religion is…

Consumed with Zeal for God’s House

For Lord’s day, October 28, 2012: Dear Saints, Tomorrow morning, we will see how Jacob laments the death of Joseph (as far as he knows is the case) by renting his clothes and lamenting in sackcloth in terrible mourning.  Yet,…

Whole-Hearted, Sold-Out Worship

Dear Saints, In this Wednesday Night’s study on Revelation 2:1-7, in which we saw that Jesus condemns the Church of Ephesus for losing its first love for Him (which ultimately killed their local church), we were challenged to love God…