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June 23: Psalms 119:33-48
Do you live in total dependence on God and His Word? No? I don’t either and neither did the psalmist. This chapter of God’s Word is the cry of a heart longing to have its orientation corrected, and its hope…
Losing our religion?
I have been preaching through Hebrews which is known, in part for its warning passages. Some take those warning passages to mean that it is possible for genuine converts to Christ to lose their salvation. I certainly agree that it…
Whatever Happened to Manhood?
It is not a secret. Men are buffoons. Men are morons. Men are inept. Men are predators. These are messages that saturate our culture. From sitcoms to the classroom men are out. In her timely and disturbing book The War…
The Reformation of Hip Hop
Justin Taylor has posted an interview he did with Trip Lee, one of the bright lights in a growing phenomena – Doctrinally thick hip hop. Like Shai Linne, Tripp Lee is right here (in Philadelphia, that is). He is a…
June 22: Psalm 119:1-32
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. Moreover, the contents largely speak of the Bible itself. Twenty-two stanzas rehearse the excellencies of God’s Word. The psalmist understands God’s Word as “law,” “testimonies,” “precepts,” “statutes,” “commandments,” “judgments,” “word,” and…
Wilhelmus à Brakel
Ref21 readers may be interested to know that the The Christian’s Reasonable Service (4 Vols) by Wilhelmus à Brakel is available for download in pdf format (terrific for the Ipad!) from the translator’s (Bart Elshout) web page here. On the published…
June 21: Psalms 117 & 118
The church’s mission encompasses all nations. Psalm 117, the shortest chapter in the Bible, calls on nations to jubilantly praise the Lord. Psalm 118 highlights the collision of God’s covenant people in the Old Testament with surrounding nations. In both…
The spirit and practice of Sabbath keeping
We had an excellent meeting in Stornoway last night at which Ian Hamilton spoke on ‘the spirit and practice of Sabbath keeping’. I’m not sure why the confessional position of the first day of the week being the Christian Sabbath…
June 18: Psalm 112
Blessed! Sometimes I think that the Book of Psalms is like a portrait gallery, full of pictures and portraits. Sometimes there are portraits of God, sometimes of Christ. Sometimes, too, there are portraits of the believer – such as we…