In: Pastor's Study Notes
The Necessity of Preaching and Hearing
March 31, 2021“Preach one Christ, by Christ, to the praise of Christ.” –William Perkins Jesus described his ministry as one of service,…
Read MoreWhat makes life Life?
March 24, 2021“Life is an excellency added to being.” –Thomas Goodwin If you could ask God for anything at all, what would it…
Read MoreThe Power of Friendship, Part Two
March 17, 2021“The best mirror is an old friend.” –George Herbert Amid increasing anxiety and approaching suffering, Jesus called his disciples by a…
Read MoreThe Spiritual Benefit of Friendship
March 11, 2021“Godly friends are walking sermons.” –Richard Sibbes Do you desire to be strengthened in your Christian walk? Do you want to…
Read MorePsalm 20—From Deceiver to Believer
February 18, 2021“Where reason cannot wade there faith may swim.” –Thomas Watson The psalmist leads the people in their invocation of a blessing…
Read MoreOur Preference for Team Preaching, Plus Meaningful Meditation
February 4, 2021Dear church family, I cannot begin to tell you what a joy and source of comfort it is to me to…
Read MorePrepared, Passionate, Prayer
January 28, 2021Dear church family, I am doing a lot of reading on prayer. A lot. Mucho reading. That’s Spanish for, you guessed…
Read MoreFour Witnesses
January 21, 2021“And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”…
Read MoreParadigms
December 31, 2020What is a paradigm? The dictionary definition is helpful. par·a·digm /ˈperəˌdīm/ noun: paradigm; plural noun: paradigms 1. a typical example or…
Read MorePsalm 18—Are you afraid of the heights?
November 13, 2020“Faith deals with invisibles, but God hates that love which is invisible.” –Thomas Watson The praises of the saints captured…
Read MoreSanctification—A Lifelong Process
October 29, 2020“Good men will always be discovering themselves.” –Thomas Manton “Christians, don’t despise your wet wings.” Charles shared this unusual sentence during…
Read MorePsalm 17—The Facts of Fellowship
October 8, 2020“It is rashness to search, godliness to believe, safeness to preach, and eternal blessedness to know the Trinity.” –Thomas Adams …
Read MoreBC – AD
September 24, 2020BC is an abbreviation for Before Christ, the significance of that phrase is, I hope, patently obvious. AD is an abbreviation…
Read MorePsalm 16—Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desiring
August 13, 2020“For the most part we live upon successes, not promises: unless we see and feel the print of victories, we will…
Read MorePsalm 11—The LORD, our Righteous Refuge
April 30, 2020“His will is the rule of righteousness and righteousness is the rule of his will.” –Elisha Coles “In the LORD I take…
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