Our church is an endangered species. Whereas in most evangelical churches, printed media has all but disappeared, we still use printed Bibles in our Scripture readings and prayers, Psalter Hymnals for singing and reading … [Read more...]
Why Do We Have Bibles, Hymnals, Printed Liturgies and Other Obsolete Stuff?
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Resources for Liturgical Worship (1): Prayers Part 3
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Prayers Surrounding Scripture Readings and Sermon * Words Before Scripture Readings The following are examples of simple phrases to announce the specific text: The Word of the Lord from... A reading from the book … [Read more...]
Resources for Liturgical Worship (1): Prayers Part 2
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
"And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to THE breaking of bread and THE prayers" (Acts 2:42). The Pastoral Prayer (approved 9/30/05) Approved by the Liturgical Forms and … [Read more...]
Earthly Wisdom Versus Heavenly Wisdom
May 15, 2013 By 1 Comment
Ecclesiastes 1: 12-18; 2: 12-17; 1 Corinthians 1: 18-31 (texts); Ecclesiastes 9:13-16 May 12, 2013 • Download PDF Sermon Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, our opening study on the Book of … [Read more...]
Why Does Your Church Sing Such Old Songs?
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I'm sure this is what most visitors are itching to ask us as soon as we sing our first Psalm of praise in our Lord's Day worship service. Although we sing some of the great hymns of the church, we prefer to sing Psalms … [Read more...]
Life is Fifteen Minutes of Vanity
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Download this sermon (PDF) • Download "Introduction to Ecclesiastes" (PDF) Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 (text); Romans 8:18-25 April 28, 2013 “Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life … When we … [Read more...]
New Sermon Series: Ecclesiastes
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
"In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes." ~ Andy Warhol, American pop artist from 50's-80s Download an Introduction to Ecclesiastes (PDF) "A Christian's Life Under the … [Read more...]
Coming Up: Women’s Bible Study
April 2, 2013 By 3 Comments
Download "Jesus' Family Tree" by Joel Beeke (PDF) • Download "From Abraham to Jesus" Chart (PDF) • Part One: Tamar (Study Guide)" • Part Two: Rahab & Ruth (Study Guide)" Every Lord's Day, we have a … [Read more...]
Liturgy for Good Friday Tenebrae Service, March 29, 2013
March 22, 2013 By 1 Comment
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and … [Read more...]
Christmas in Genesis
October 26, 2012 By 4 Comments
This Advent season, I would be on furlough, but we have a schedule for preaching and leading worship. So I'm planning to start a Christmas series one week earlier, on November 18. When an elder preaches, I will … [Read more...]
