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Real Membership
Our modern age has tried diligently to break all bonds that join one to another. The result is a whole bunch of individuals floating around like so many cheerios in the cereal bowl. But this isn’t the world God actually … Continue reading
Sabbath Reverence
This sabbath day is a downpayment of the rest for which all things long. This Lord’s Day gathering is a foretaste of our full and final entrance into the life of the triune God. In Genesis 1 we are told … Continue reading
Militant Song
We are fond of saying that worship is warfare. At its heart this phrase means that when the people of God wholeheartedly and unashamedly devote themselves body and soul to the Father, through the Son, by the Holy Spirit, this … Continue reading
Forgiven Much–Forgives Much
Christ said that he who has been forgiven much loves much. And we can complete the argument by adding that he who loves much will be quick to forgive. What we receive from our God we pass on to our … Continue reading
Blueberry-stained Toddlers
Christianity is fundamentally a way of getting rid of sin. it is much more than that, yes, but not less. As a son or daughter of Adam, you bear his stain, but Christ removes that stain. Just like blueberry jam … Continue reading
Ordinary Stuff
One striking thing about this meal is its ordinariness. What is more common than bread? What is more common than wine? We put a nice tablecloth on the table and a platter under the bread, but in some ways that … Continue reading
Exhortation: Jehoshaphat’s Choir
2 Chronicles 20 records for us one of the great stories of God’s deliverance. At this time the king in Jerusalem is Jehoshaphat, a good and godly king with bad taste in friends, but that’s another story. Anyway, he receives … Continue reading
Survival Guaranteed
When Paul is on route to Rome in order to appear before Caesar, his ship sails into a terrible storm. It is so bad that the crew and passengers are unable to eat, for days. We’re not told why. Maybe … Continue reading
Out of the Gutter
If you are a Christian, then God has performed a miracle of resurrection. There was a time when you were dead, room temperature, face down in the gutter with yesterday’s sins congealing around you. We all were. It was a … Continue reading
In Your Very Mouth
Every Lord’s Day God cleanses us from our sins and gives us Himself, and this is gift beyond any reasonable creaturely expectation, but it is entirely consistent with the nature of the Triune God. He has been giving Himself away … Continue reading
Of Shoes and Ships 