Rest helps us shift our focus from created things back to the Creator God. It provides opportunity to pause and consider God. So, dear saint, rest. Rest and let it be a means through which you find rest in him.   Rest is an oft neglected aspect of life. We live in a fast-paced world,... Continue Reading

Take seriously the responsibility and solemn duties that are yours as officers in Christ Church. Finally, watch out for the dangers that come with the territory. Keep your eyes on Christ, and remember His commands as you do the work Christ has called you to do.   It is that time of year again when... Continue Reading

Please pray for me, as I for you, that none of us who are called to the defense of the sanctity of human life will ever take our hands from the plow; that even in great weakness—yes, even upon our death beds—we who are powerless may be found leaning on the Lord, joining with Him... Continue Reading

Whoever speaks to a child first about sex and gender will set the bar for what is understood to be true, resulting in everything they hear after that being measured in light of whatever they heard first. Consequently, we must speak up first and teach them the truth. And “the talk” is never once and... Continue Reading

“By the favor of God, [man] was advanced to be confederate with Heaven, in the first Covenant, called, The Covenant of Works. God reduced the Law, which he gave in his creation, into the form of a Covenant, whereof perfect obedience was the condition: life was the thing promised, and death the penalty. As for... Continue Reading

The call to seek heavenly reward is not a call to selfishness for this reward comes through pleasing Christ.  Heavenly reward seems to involve enjoying more of Jesus and reflecting more of his beauty.  It is a reward that glorifies God.   We have a great tent.  I call her the ‘Blue Lady’.  She is... Continue Reading

The creedal confession about Christ’s return as judge reminds us that we will give account to him at his judgement seat, so we must take care and maintain focus. It also reminds us that we will see him and enter his joy eternally, so let us live for his joy now and serve him with... Continue Reading

Jesus responded to each of Satan’s temptations with Scripture. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 says, “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Whether wrong thoughts about God are whispered... Continue Reading

Writing in AD 112, the Roman governor Pliny reported to Emperor Trajan that Christians gathered early in the morning to sing hymns to Christ and “to bind themselves by an oath—not to commit crime, but to abstain from theft, robbery, adultery, and breach of faith.” From the earliest days of the church, believers have been... Continue Reading

Before the Douay-Rheims New Testament was issued, the Geneva Bible was published in 1560 having been translated into English by exiled scholars in John Calvin’s Geneva. Given that a mark of editions of the Bible currently is omission of the apocrypha, one might not expect to find apocrypha in the Geneva Bible, but one would... Continue Reading