Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Explotation in Atlanta
Read this in our denomination's magazine. Great to hear of a PCA church doing something for the sake of exploited children in our world.
Bringing Hope to Exploited Children
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sermon Text: Genesis 1:26-29, 2:7-8
Gen. 1:26 Then God said, o“Let us make man* in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Gen. 1:27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Gen. 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Gen. 1:29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
Gen. 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Gen. 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Gen. 1:27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Gen. 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Gen. 1:29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
Gen. 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Gen. 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sermon Text: Genesis 1:1-2:3
Gen. 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Gen. 1:2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Gen. 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Gen. 1:4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
Gen. 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Gen. 1:6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse* in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
Gen. 1:7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
Gen. 1:8 And God called the expanse Heaven.* And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Gen. 1:9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:10 God called the dry land Earth,* and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants* yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Gen. 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,* and for days and years,
Gen. 1:15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:16 And God made* the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
Gen. 1:17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
Gen. 1:18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Gen. 1:20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds* fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
Gen. 1:21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
Gen. 1:23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
Gen. 1:24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man* in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Gen. 1:27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Gen. 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Gen. 1:29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
Gen. 1:30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Gen. 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and wall the host of them.
Gen. 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
Gen. 2:3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
Gen. 1:2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Gen. 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Gen. 1:4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
Gen. 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Gen. 1:6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse* in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
Gen. 1:7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
Gen. 1:8 And God called the expanse Heaven.* And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Gen. 1:9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:10 God called the dry land Earth,* and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants* yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Gen. 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,* and for days and years,
Gen. 1:15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:16 And God made* the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
Gen. 1:17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
Gen. 1:18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Gen. 1:20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds* fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
Gen. 1:21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
Gen. 1:23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
Gen. 1:24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Gen. 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man* in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Gen. 1:27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Gen. 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Gen. 1:29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
Gen. 1:30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
Gen. 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Gen. 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and wall the host of them.
Gen. 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
Gen. 2:3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Jonathan Edwards Resolutions
I was reading the Life and Diary of David Brainerd this weekend, and in the introduction, the editor has a short bio on Jonathan Edwards. I know quite a bit about him, so I was skimming over the intro when I came across the section, Jonathan Edward's 70 Resolutions.
It is worth reading through, and something I found very insightful and useful. Not that I am about to write mine own, but I may start using them to guide in my prayer life. Edwards continues to impress me in his Christian Walk.
Anyhow, here is a list of the resolutions on Yale University's Website.
It is worth reading through, and something I found very insightful and useful. Not that I am about to write mine own, but I may start using them to guide in my prayer life. Edwards continues to impress me in his Christian Walk.
Anyhow, here is a list of the resolutions on Yale University's Website.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sermon: Intro to Genesis
This Sunday we start a new sermon series that will take us through 2010.
This will be an overview of the Book of Genesis. Please plan to join us this coming Sunday.
This will be an overview of the Book of Genesis. Please plan to join us this coming Sunday.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
He'll Help You Find Your Flight, And God
Was surfing through the radio station and this caught my ear.......
He'll Help You Find Your Flight, And God (NPR)
An interview of a Chaplain at Atlanta Airport in Georgia. Very interesting to see what he does in a day as a Chaplain at the largest airport in the nation.
Lots of lost people, literally and spiritually.
I think I would like to do something like this someday.
He'll Help You Find Your Flight, And God (NPR)
An interview of a Chaplain at Atlanta Airport in Georgia. Very interesting to see what he does in a day as a Chaplain at the largest airport in the nation.
Lots of lost people, literally and spiritually.
I think I would like to do something like this someday.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Sermon Text: Psalm 69
Psa. 69:1 Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life.
Psa. 69:2 I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.
Psa. 69:3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psa. 69:4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
Psa. 69:5 O God, it is You who knows my folly,
And my wrongs are not hidden from You.
Psa. 69:6 May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
Psa. 69:7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.
Psa. 69:8 I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.
Psa. 69:9 For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
Psa. 69:10 When I wept in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
Psa. 69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
Psa. 69:12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.
Psa. 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time;
O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.
Psa. 69:14 Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink;
May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
Psa. 69:15 May the flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.
Psa. 69:16 Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
Psa. 69:17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
Psa. 69:18 Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies!
Psa. 69:19 You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.
Psa. 69:20 Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.
Psa. 69:21 They also gave me gall for my food
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Psa. 69:22 May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
Psa. 69:23 May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.
Psa. 69:24 Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
Psa. 69:25 May their camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.
Psa. 69:26 For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
Psa. 69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.
Psa. 69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
Psa. 69:29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.
Psa. 69:30 I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Psa. 69:31 And it will please the LORD better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
Psa. 69:32 The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart revive.
Psa. 69:33 For the LORD hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.
Psa. 69:34 Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.
Psa. 69:35 For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
Psa. 69:36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.
For the waters have threatened my life.
Psa. 69:2 I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.
Psa. 69:3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psa. 69:4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
Psa. 69:5 O God, it is You who knows my folly,
And my wrongs are not hidden from You.
Psa. 69:6 May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
Psa. 69:7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.
Psa. 69:8 I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.
Psa. 69:9 For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
Psa. 69:10 When I wept in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
Psa. 69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
Psa. 69:12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.
Psa. 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time;
O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.
Psa. 69:14 Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink;
May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
Psa. 69:15 May the flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.
Psa. 69:16 Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
Psa. 69:17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
Psa. 69:18 Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies!
Psa. 69:19 You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.
Psa. 69:20 Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.
Psa. 69:21 They also gave me gall for my food
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Psa. 69:22 May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
Psa. 69:23 May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.
Psa. 69:24 Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
Psa. 69:25 May their camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.
Psa. 69:26 For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
Psa. 69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.
Psa. 69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
Psa. 69:29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.
Psa. 69:30 I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Psa. 69:31 And it will please the LORD better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
Psa. 69:32 The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart revive.
Psa. 69:33 For the LORD hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.
Psa. 69:34 Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.
Psa. 69:35 For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
Psa. 69:36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Guest Preacher : Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We have done a number of historical sermons, sermons delivered by a preacher from the past. It is read word for word on Sunday and has been very inspirational.
We have read sermons from George Whitefield & Martin Lloyd Jones. This coming Lord's Day it will be Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the famous German Preacher from the mid 20th Century.
Come and here his sermon on Psalm 58.
We have read sermons from George Whitefield & Martin Lloyd Jones. This coming Lord's Day it will be Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the famous German Preacher from the mid 20th Century.
Come and here his sermon on Psalm 58.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Sermon Text: Psalm 58
Psa. 58:1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods?
Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Psa. 58:2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.
Psa. 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.
Psa. 58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
Psa. 58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.
Psa. 58:6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.
Psa. 58:7 Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
Psa. 58:8 Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along,
Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
Psa. 58:9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Psa. 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psa. 58:11 And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”
Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Psa. 58:2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.
Psa. 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.
Psa. 58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
Psa. 58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.
Psa. 58:6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.
Psa. 58:7 Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
Psa. 58:8 Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along,
Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
Psa. 58:9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Psa. 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psa. 58:11 And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Sermon Text: Psalm 51
Psa. 51:0 For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Psa. 51:1 Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
Psa. 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
Psa. 51:3 For I know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.
Psa. 51:4 Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.
Psa. 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Psa. 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.
Psa. 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psa. 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness,
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
Psa. 51:9 Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.
Psa. 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psa. 51:11 Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Psa. 51:12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Psa. 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.
Psa. 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
Psa. 51:15 O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
Psa. 51:16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
Psa. 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psa. 51:18 By Your favor do good to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Psa. 51:19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Psa. 51:1 Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
Psa. 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
Psa. 51:3 For I know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.
Psa. 51:4 Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.
Psa. 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Psa. 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.
Psa. 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psa. 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness,
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
Psa. 51:9 Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.
Psa. 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psa. 51:11 Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Psa. 51:12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Psa. 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.
Psa. 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
Psa. 51:15 O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
Psa. 51:16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
Psa. 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psa. 51:18 By Your favor do good to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Psa. 51:19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Sermon Text: Psalm 47
Psa. 47:1 O clap your hands, all peoples;
Shout to God with the voice of joy.
Psa. 47:2 For the LORD Most High is to be feared,
A great King over all the earth.
Psa. 47:3 He subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.
Psa. 47:4 He chooses our inheritance for us,
The glory of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.
Psa. 47:5 God has ascended with a shout,
The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet.
Psa. 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
Psa. 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises with a skillful psalm.
Psa. 47:8 God reigns over the nations,
God sits on His holy throne.
Psa. 47:9 The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is highly exalted.
Shout to God with the voice of joy.
Psa. 47:2 For the LORD Most High is to be feared,
A great King over all the earth.
Psa. 47:3 He subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.
Psa. 47:4 He chooses our inheritance for us,
The glory of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.
Psa. 47:5 God has ascended with a shout,
The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet.
Psa. 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
Psa. 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises with a skillful psalm.
Psa. 47:8 God reigns over the nations,
God sits on His holy throne.
Psa. 47:9 The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is highly exalted.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Christianity Today Article on George Whitefield
This feels like self promotion, but I guess I will risk it. I was recently interviewed by a free lance journalist who was doing an article on George Whitefield. It appears in the July Issue of Christianity Today. Here is the link to the article.
(For those who don't want to read the article but are looking for what I said, go to page 3 of the online article.)
Monday, August 03, 2009
Filming of the Dawn Treader has begun
Can not wait to see this movie, although I am preparing myself not to be overly disappointed. It is my favorite book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series, I hope they can do it right.
They have begun shooting the movie in Australia. Should be fantastic......
They have begun shooting the movie in Australia. Should be fantastic......
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sermon Text: Psalm 46
Psa. 46:1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Psa. 46:2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;
Psa. 46:3 Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
Psa. 46:4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Psa. 46:5 God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
Psa. 46:6 The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.
Psa. 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.
Psa. 46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
Who has wrought desolations in the earth.
Psa. 46:9 He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.
Psa. 46:10 “Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psa. 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.
A very present help in trouble.
Psa. 46:2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;
Psa. 46:3 Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
Psa. 46:4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Psa. 46:5 God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
Psa. 46:6 The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.
Psa. 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.
Psa. 46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
Who has wrought desolations in the earth.
Psa. 46:9 He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.
Psa. 46:10 “Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psa. 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Sermon Text: Psalm 42
Psa. 42:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You, O God.
Psa. 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;
When shall I come and appear before God?
Psa. 42:3 My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psa. 42:4 These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
Psa. 42:5 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
Psa. 42:6 O my God, my soul is in despair within me;
Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Psa. 42:7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
Psa. 42:8 The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me in the night,
A prayer to the God of my life.
Psa. 42:9 I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Psa. 42:10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psa. 42:11 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.
So my soul pants for You, O God.
Psa. 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;
When shall I come and appear before God?
Psa. 42:3 My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psa. 42:4 These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
Psa. 42:5 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
Psa. 42:6 O my God, my soul is in despair within me;
Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Psa. 42:7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
Psa. 42:8 The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me in the night,
A prayer to the God of my life.
Psa. 42:9 I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Psa. 42:10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psa. 42:11 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Getting excited about the Historical Tour
To get those who are going on our historical tour this Saturday excited, here is an article on George Whitefield that gives you a preview of where we are going.
I think this will be a wonderful time exploring New England Church History! I am such a nerd.
I think this will be a wonderful time exploring New England Church History! I am such a nerd.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Guest Preacher - Matt Harmon
For the next 3 Sundays Christ Presbyterian Church will have a guest preacher. Matt Harmon is from the Metro New York Presbytery and is in the process of ordination. He and his family are in NH for the summer.
We are looking forward to having Matt and his family with us in July! Please plan to join us.
We are looking forward to having Matt and his family with us in July! Please plan to join us.
Monday, June 29, 2009
PCA Church in Brooklyn
I heard this minister speak at General Assembly in Orlando this year. Great testimony and very encouraging to hear what God is doing in NYC.
Click here to read the CT Article.
Click here to read the CT Article.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sermon Text: John 21
John 21:1 After these things Jesus manifested Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.
John 21:2 Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.
John 21:3 Simon Peter *said to them, “I am going fishing.” They *said to him, “We will also come with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.
John 21:4 But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
John 21:5 So Jesus *said to them, “Children, you do not have any fish, do you?” They answered Him, “No.”
John 21:6 And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
John 21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.
John 21:8 But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.
John 21:9 So when they got out on the land, they *saw a charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it, and bread.
John 21:10 Jesus *said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.”
John 21:11 Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
John 21:12 Jesus *said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples ventured to question Him, “Who are You?” knowing that it was the Lord.
John 21:13 Jesus *came and *took the bread and *gave it to them, and the fish likewise.
John 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.
John 21:15 ¶ So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Tend My lambs.”
John 21:16 He *said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
John 21:17 He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus *said to him, “Tend My sheep.
John 21:18 “Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.”
John 21:19 Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He *said to him, “Follow Me!”
John 21:20 Peter, turning around, *saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”
John 21:21 So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”
John 21:22 Jesus *said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
John 21:23 Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”
John 21:24 This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.
John 21:2 Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.
John 21:3 Simon Peter *said to them, “I am going fishing.” They *said to him, “We will also come with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.
John 21:4 But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
John 21:5 So Jesus *said to them, “Children, you do not have any fish, do you?” They answered Him, “No.”
John 21:6 And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
John 21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.
John 21:8 But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.
John 21:9 So when they got out on the land, they *saw a charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it, and bread.
John 21:10 Jesus *said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.”
John 21:11 Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
John 21:12 Jesus *said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples ventured to question Him, “Who are You?” knowing that it was the Lord.
John 21:13 Jesus *came and *took the bread and *gave it to them, and the fish likewise.
John 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.
John 21:15 ¶ So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Tend My lambs.”
John 21:16 He *said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
John 21:17 He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus *said to him, “Tend My sheep.
John 21:18 “Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.”
John 21:19 Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He *said to him, “Follow Me!”
John 21:20 Peter, turning around, *saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”
John 21:21 So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”
John 21:22 Jesus *said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
John 21:23 Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”
John 21:24 This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.
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