In Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus declares that his disciples are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. The saltiness and luminosity of the church is derived from the gospel of salvation by grace alone through faith alone. To replace or twist the preaching of justification of sinnersContinue Reading
According to Jesus in the beatitudes in Matthew 5:9-12, peacemaking is a befitting of the children of God who have become participants in the life of the kingdom of heaven by grace alone through faith alone. Another distinguishing characteristic of the disciples of Christ living out the kingdom of heavenContinue Reading
The following sermon was preached this past Sunday night, where six individuals made their public profession of faith and were received into membership. It was an evening to remember! The Lord continues to grow his church by His Word and Spirit through his ordained means of preaching and sacraments. TheContinue Reading
In Colossians 2:19-23, the Apostle Paul admonishes the Christians at Colossae not to let their faith in Christ be derailed by false teachers who are insisting upon submission to all sorts of worldly rules, such as abstaining from food and drink. Like the Pharisaic version in the days of Jesus,Continue Reading
In Matthew 5:6-8 (sermon audio here), Jesus explains further to his disciples the blessed life of the kingdom of heaven. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be satisfied with God’s grace in this life and his glory in the next. Those who are merciful will receive God’s mercy. Continue Reading
In his essay entitled “Industrial or pastoral?: The Techniques of Church Growth,” church historian and elder DG Hart begins by asking the probing question: Can measurements of “customer satisfaction,” which have largely been borrowed from the industrial and mechanical world, be helpfully appied to something that is fundamentally organic andContinue Reading
The Sermon on the Mount or the beatitudes of Jesus found in Matthew 5-7 are notoriously difficult to interpret. This sermon on Matthew 5:1-5 is the first in a number of sermons that seeks to expound what Jesus is saying to his disciples as they sat as his feet onContinue Reading
One of the best books I have read on the subject of Christian and Reformed worship is D.G. Hart and John R. Muether’s With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship. One of the insights that I find most valuable about this volume is the connection itContinue Reading
In Matthew 4:12-17 (you can listen to the sermon here), we learn that Jesus is the light of the world that has dawned in Galilee and will spread to Judea and Samaria, and the ends of the earth. Jesus is the fulfillment of the Messianic promise that Matthew quotes directlyContinue Reading
One of the distinct marks of the Reformed and Presbyterian traditions is the belief that the public worship of God should be governed by the revealed will of God in Scripture. There are a number of arguments in favour of what is known as the regulative principle of worship. BelowContinue Reading
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