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The Love of Christ who Died for Me

Brothers and Sisters, A couple of weeks back I mentioned that I wanted to draw our attention to some great hymns that, for whatever reason, are rarely sung in the church today. Last time I sought to draw your attention toward a hymn of comfort entitled "Come, Ye Disconsolate," this time I want to draw your attention to a hymn of love entitled, "The Love of Christ Who Died...

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Read More Scripture

Brothers and Sisters, Normally my time with the Lord consists of a few elements. First, I read the passage that I'm going to be preaching on Sunday and I make a few hand-written notes along the way. Secondly, I pray (for myself, my family, my church, and my unbelieving friends). Finally, I try to read something by a faithful Christian author. That's my normal practice, an...

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Come, Ye Disconsolate

Brothers and Sisters, We overlook some great hymns for various reasons. Perhaps they are slow, old, or set in a minor key. Whatever the reason, I wanted to bring to your attention over the next several weeks and months some hymns that are rarely sung in the church today that I have personally found to be a source of great comfort and encouragement. First up is "Come, Ye ...

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When You Are Spiritually Dry

Brothers and Sisters, As a pastor I hate to admit it, but from time to time I too feel spiritually dry. I'm sure you understand what I mean because many of you have told me that you go through the same experience at times. Sometimes we struggle with a feeling that our zeal for the Lord is not quite what it should be. Our dryness or thirstiness manifests itself in differen...

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Disturbing and Delightful News

Brothers and Sisters, If you think about it, the gospel of Jesus Christ is really disturbing. It is really disturbing in a very good way. Consider these words from Sinclair Ferguson, "There is an element in the Gospel narratives that stresses that the coming of Jesus is a disturbing event of the deepest proportions. It had to be thus, for He did not come merely to add so...

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15 Reasons

Below is a list of 15 reasons why I am fully persuaded that Jesus got up from the dead. These are fairly common reasons for believing in the resurrection. I'm not really plowing any new ground here. I'll simply state many them. In other words, I don't fully explain the logic behind some of these reasons, but there is a logic behind each one that I'd be happy to discuss wit...

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Devoting Ourselves to Fellowship

One of the things that I prize and hold as incredibly important in the life of our church is fellowship. Fellowship, as I am sure many of you are aware, was one of the things that the early church was committed to. In Acts 2:42 we read, "And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers." The early church devoted...

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Joyful Rest in Jesus Christ

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, A couple of weeks back, in preparation for men's breakfast, I read the first chapter of Kevin DeYoung's book Crazy Busy. In the first chapter, the author confessed that he struggles with busyness. I wasn't too surprised by that, nor was I surprised by the list of things that made him busy. I'm looking forward to the book and the discus...

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Quarterly Evening Communion Services

It is a new year and sometimes new things happen in a new year. Lord willing, at least one new thing will happen this year at our church. This new thing isn't really all that new; in fact, it's really quite old. I'll explain what I mean by that in just a minute. So what is this old thing that we'll be doing anew in the new year? Well, once a quarter in 2015 our congregatio...

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Born A King

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that in the New Year we would begin a new series in the gospel of Matthew, and that Lord willing, we would finish by Easter (with the resurrection of Christ). Well, a few things have changed with regard to our Spring calendar which make it necessary for me to make an adjustment to the preaching schedule. The bottom line is this we'll actually ...

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