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January 31, 2019Dear church family, Charles and I just returned from Minneapolis where we attended the 2019 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors and Church…
Read MoreThe Beginning of Conference—Speaking to One Another
January 23, 2019“[A] good tongue is God’s dish, and he will accept it at his own table.” –Thomas Adams Conference begins with the…
Read MoreThe Way To Increase Faith
January 3, 2019“The way to increase faith is to apply to ourselves God’s promise in his word and sacraments, by hearing the word,…
Read MoreThankful for 2018 and 2019
December 27, 2018Dear Church, This year, 2018, is coming to a close. I hope that it has been a year of blessing for…
Read MoreSnow Day
December 20, 2018Dear Church, Last week, I offered up a Christmas poem, entitled I Heard Healing in the Babe’s Cry. This week our…
Read MoreI Heard Healing in the Babe’s Cry
December 13, 2018Dear Church, This week’s midweek devotional comes to you in the form of a Christmas poem. I hope you enjoy it. …
Read MoreWhat is Conference?
November 29, 2018“Conference sometimes may do as much good as preaching.” –Thomas Watson What is conference? Conference is a spiritual discipline that…
Read MoreWhat kind of ornament are you?
November 15, 2018“Consider what an ornament a thankful frame of heart is to religion.” –William Gurnall The Thanksgiving and Christmas Seasons are…
Read MoreThankfulness and Thanksgiving
November 8, 2018“Everyone knows what is most pleasant to him; but God alone knows what is most profitable.” Thomas Boston Last…
Read MoreHealthy and Holy Vulnerability
October 18, 2018“The more our gifts and graces are exercised, the more they are strengthened and increased. All acts strengthen habits.” –Thomas Brooks, (italics…
Read MoreThe churched life is the small group life.
September 13, 2018“Have you tasted the honey of the Word? Let others have a taste with you.” –Thomas Watson Author Jonathan Leeman…
Read MoreThe Model Prayer—The Sixth Petition (2)
September 6, 2018“Satan is only God’s master fencer to teach us to use our weapons.” –Samuel Rutherford Many times, the cry of the…
Read MoreThe Model Prayer—The Sixth Petition
August 29, 2018“If God were not my friend, Satan would not be so much my enemy.” –Thomas Brooks The sixth and…
Read MoreThe Lord’s Prayer—The Fifth Petition
August 22, 2018“He that demands mercy, and shows none, ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.” –Thomas Adam The fifth…
Read MoreThe Lord’s Prayer—The Fifth Petition
August 16, 2018“While wrongs are remembered they are not remitted. He forgives not that forgets not.” –John Trapp The concerns in…
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