Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:1-2 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship Isaiah 40:28-31 * …
Devotion from Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening”
“Thy love to me was wonderful.”—2 Samuel 1:26. OME, dear readers, let each one of us speak for himself of the wonderful love, not of Jonathan, but of Jesus. We will not relate what we have been told, but the things which we have tasted and handled-of the love of Christ. Thy love to me, O Jesus, was wonderful when …
Review of T. Desmond Alexander’s “From Eden to the New Jerusalem”
Book Review: “From Eden to the New Jerusalem” by T. Desmond Alexander I am always on the lookout for excellent, readable introductions to important Biblical themes and doctrines. In his book, “From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology (Kregel Academic, 2008),” Dr. T Desmond Alexander has written just such a book. As the subtitle suggests, the …
Order of Worship for 2/5/2017
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “Because I live, you also will live.” John 14:19b The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship Psalm 98:1-3 * Prayer of Invocation Our Response to the Lord’s Call * Hymn of Praise #164 “O for a Thousand Tongues to …
Weekly Devotion from Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening
“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.”—Romans 3:31. HEN the believer is adopted into the Lord’s family, his relationship to old Adam and the law ceases at once; but then he is under a new rule, and a new covenant. Believer, you are God’s child; it is your first duty to …
Order of Worship for 1/29/2017
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be lifted up above the hills.” Isaiah 2:2 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to …
Order of Worship for 1/22/2017
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship Psalm …
Weekly devotion from Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening”
“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” Hebrews 4:9 How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the immortal, fatigue is never known. Anxious to serve his Master, he finds his strength unequal to his …
Order of Worship for 1/15/2017
Welcome and Announcements Scripture Meditation “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Revelation 7:12 The Lord Calls Us to Worship * Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 * Call to Worship Psalm 89:1 * Prayer of Invocation Our Response to …
Book Review of Michael Haykin’s “Rediscovering the Church Fathers”
Dr. Michael Haykin begins his book, Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church, with this troubling statement: “The truth of the matter is that far too many modern-day evangelicals are either ignorant of or quite uncomfortable with the church fathers” (13). Haykin’s book is an effort to remedy that problem. In this work, …