Song: This Is Amazing Grace Welcome: Call to Worship Song: Christ Is Risen, He Is Risen Indeed Prayer Of Confession Song: All Things Bright And Beautiful Affirming our Faith: The Apostles’ Creed Song: Now To The King Of Heaven Bible Reading: Amos 8:1-14 – Amos charges Israel with indifference to the plight of the poor, …
Mark Dever on the destructive influence of not having the Gospel preeminent and clear in the preaching. …Martin Luther, when once asked why he was preaching on justification by faith alone for the twentieth time, he said it was because people didn’t remember it after the nineteenth. Keep preaching the gospel. We need to persevere …
Words from Sinclair Ferguson posted on the blog Tolle Lege. “Hebrews is all about persevering in sanctification. Without holiness, writes the author, ‘no one will see the Lord.’ We must therefore ‘strive’ for it (Hebrews 12:14). He uses vigorous language. His verb (διώκω, strive) appears regularly in the New Testament with the sense of ‘persecute.’ …
David Murray asks “Why do we take our individual, personality, character, gifts, or calling and make that the sum total of godliness for everyone else?” After numerous examples of what he means, he sums up: “Godliness should be measured not so much by what comes easiest to us but by the progress we’re making in …
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