To attend or not to attend?

Attend Church?

Q: Should I make my child attend church with me? A: YES!  (with some care and mercy thrown in) Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it It is a rule, I am the leader of my family.  And you are […]

With age wisdom

How do you react to bullies on social media? Do you ignore? Do you attack? Do you just laugh at them? Do you pray for them? Do you read scripture at them? Do you delete/un-follow/unfriend them? Do you respond with a blatant ‘in your face blog post?” 😀 As a pastor dealing with the often […]

Lord With glowing heart I praise thee

Lord, with glowing heart I’d praise Thee, For the bliss Thy love bestows, For the pardoning grace that saves me, And the peace that from it flows: Help, O God, my weak endeavor; This dull soul to rapture raise: Thou must light the flame, or never Can my love be warmed to praise. Praise, my […]

For the Sake of His Name

For the Sake of His Name

Go to the world for the sake of His name; To every nation His glory proclaim. Pray that the Spirit wise Will open darkened eyes, Granting new life to display Jesus’ fame. Refrain: In Jesus’ power, preach Christ to the lost; For Jesus’ glory, count all else but loss. Gather from every place Trophies of […]

A Debtor to Mercy Alone

A Debtor to mercy alone hymn

A debtor to mercy alone Of covenant mercy I sing I come with Your righteousness on My humble offering to bring The judgments of Your holy law With me can have nothing to do My Savior’s obedience and blood Hide all my transgressions From view The work which Your goodness began The arm of Your […]

Selfless Christianity

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My wife gets me.  She has this uncanny knack to get when I am all bummed out, when I am spent. Something about her question tonight made me think about it in a strange light. We have a lot going on. Most of the people don’t care about it, they only see their needs and […]

Finding God’s Grace in the question

If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all - Mark 9 35

Ever have one of those moments in studying God’s word where you are sure you know what is being said, only to discover that you only saw part of the message? I was looking for grace the other day.  I had found the verse that God was drawing me to preach on, but I was […]

Matthew Henry

Interesting … another Presbyterian (reformed) in my life… this one from the grave but his writing’s on and of scripture continue to influence me greatly. Confessional and a Puritan and very relevant to today. His writing was consulted by Whitfield, Spurgeon and many others through the history and legacy of great preachers. Today the first […]

Dead to the Law

Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, […]

Book List : The Explicit Gospel

Today I have 5 more books to read before the end of Lent … well to try and read.  This one is on preorder but won’t be done in time…. The Explicit Gospel Just because you go to church doesn’t mean that you are exposed (or exposing others) to the gospel explicitly. Sure, most people […]