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Worship by Faith
Jealousy is one of the defining characteristics of true love. Now hopefully that sounds a little bit odd, because certainly we don’t usually use the word jealous to mean anything particularly good. When we say someone is jealous, sometimes it can be referred to as the green monster. It is that sense of paranoia or…
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Why Settle for Less?
Family, let’s bow our heads and seek the Lord in prayer. Holy God, we are grateful. We don’t take for granted being able to gather as your people tonight, open up your Word and to learn from you, and that’s what we ask for. We ask that this would be a time where you are…
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Genuine Repentance
Let’s pray. Oh God, who may ascend to your holy hill? He who has clean hands and a pure heart. God, this is our prayer tonight, that your Word would cleanse the thoughts of our hearts, that through its preaching, you would teach us – teach us, Lord – how to perfectly love you, how…
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How to Think About Good Works
Father in heaven, help us as we reflect upon the truths of your Word, that we might not only understand, but we might be doers, we might live such good lives among the pagans, that though they want to accuse us of doing wrong, yet something in our lives would cause them to ask for…
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The Keys of the Kingdom
Would you join me as we look to the Lord in prayer? Father, thank you for that blessed song, and indeed it is a reminder to us of our dependency on you. And we ask now as we look into your Word, and we ask that the Spirit of truth will guide us to understanding….
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A Sacred Supper
Well, I invite you to keep your bulletins open during this sermon tonight. A couple of readings there from the New Testament: Hebrews 9 and 1 Corinthians 11. 1 Corinthians 11 particularly is important for the sermon tonight, so you can either be looking in your Bibles or use it as it’s found there in…
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The Lord of the Supper
Let’s pray again. Lord, as we come now to these next few minutes to your Word, we want to come to you, so we pray that you would meet us here now and show us yourself in this sermon. We pray that you would meet us as well in a few moments as we come…
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Food For Weak Faith
As we come to Lord’s Day 28 in the catechism, we will be looking at a couple different Scripture verses. So, you may want to put your finger in Deuteronomy 8 and 1 Kings 19. Deuteronomy chapter 8 and 1 Kings 19. We’ll be looking at those passages a little later on. That might help…
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Five Points for Infant Baptism
Will you pray with me? Lord God, your Word is perfect, reviving the soul. Your testimonies are sure, making wise the simple. We ask you, Lord, tonight to give us wisdom. Thank you for the wisdom of those who have gone before us to organize catechisms like the Heidelberg, where your truth can be accessed…
