here is an interesting excerpt from the 1689, Chapter 22 “Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day” paragraphs 7 & 8:
7._____ As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God’s appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by his Word, in a positive moral, and [...]
Pastor Bill Moore has some insightful things to say about Sunday Morning Worship over at Carolina Commentary …
“… I believe that churches which are built on fun and relationships are part of the reason Christianity is deemed irrelevant by all too many in our culture.
Frankly, if I want to have fun, I’d rather go play [...]
As a believer’s life is very different from an unbeliever’s life, so also a believer’s death is very different from an unbeliever’s death. The unbeliever prefers Heaven over Hell; the believer prefers Heaven over this earth. The unbeliever prefers Heaven only over Hell because he cannot imagine anything more blessed than this life. The believer [...]
#5 Take seriously your own responsibilities (we all in some ways have neglected to do what we ought and struggle with remaining sin but it is discouraging when some blame the pastor for his inability to resolve situations that have occurred because of negligence on their part! The pastor’s heart breaks when he sees these [...]
I wonder why it is so easy to make our families into an idol? Is it that we, as Christians, feel we ought to have ‘perfect’ families? Where in scripture do we find that promise?
Or is it a reflection of our arminian backgrounds, the implication being what we do as parents [...]
I’m reading “New Life in the Wasteland” by Douglas F. Kelly where he expounds on 2 Corinthians and the cost and glory of Christian ministry.
In the first chapter (Decaying Western Culture) in describing how modern man conforms truth to his/her desires he says,
“There are ultimately only two alternatives in the intellectual life. [...]
‘Awakening’ is an awareness of personal sinfulness in light of a holy God. People necessarily must be ‘awakened’ to their sin before a righteous God before they can repent and trust in Christ for salvation. Salvation is a sovereign work of God that replaces stony hearts with a hearts of flesh [...]
To escape the wrath to come is the first desire of the awakened sinner. Christ himself taught us that repentance is linked with forgiveness (Luke 24:46-47). So therefore forgiveness is granted to the truly repentant sinner - this is the first duty required by the Word. And this duty is happily [...]
At first glance this psalm seems like a ‘to do’ list. Be like this and you may dwell in the Lord’s tent. Actually this psalm is not about us! Its about the Lord!
O LORD, who may abide in Your tent?
The picture here is the Lord as host and His tent as a tent of hospitality.
Who [...]
Music provides an accompaniment for almost every activity in life— most of us would agree that music doesn’t have to be sanctified in order to make it legitimate or within God’s pleasure or God’s will. However, since we understand that whatever we do in worship is under the authority of the [...]
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