Otto Preminger’s 1960 movie Exodus is a most serious affair, and I’m sure the following exchange between its two stars was not meant to elicit gales of laughter from me, but it certainly derailed any dramatic mood.
Paul Newman’s Ari Ben Canaan – “Do you know your Bible?”
Eva Marie Saint’s Kitty Fremont – “In a Presbyterian sort of way.”
Morning and Evening services conducted on September 27 with Mount Gambier Presbyterian Church.
A new series in Hebrews entitled Better commences, with Mark Lewis opening up Chapter 1, where we find out Jesus is better than all God’s other messengers, both in his superiority and also because he is the message itself.
Jeremiah 31 concludes with God revealing the superiority of the new covenant for his people; how they will be transformed through it, and how their relationship with God will be more personal and enduring than ever experienced before.
I Am One is newly released by Sandra McCracken, featuring the band Citizens.
The lyrics:
1.
Gracious light, illuminate
Every shadow of this offering
Draw the gold from the hidden place
I am one with You in glory
Chorus.
I am one with You in light
I am one with You in fire
I am one with You in love
I am one with You in glory
2.
Gracious peace, satisfy
By the well of living water
Eternal hope, quench my soul
I am Yours, there is no other
Chorus.
3.
Gracious fire, purify
In the flames of Your redemption
Burn away every stain
What remains is love unending
Chorus.
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I am one with You in glory
I am one with You in glory
Chorus.
Words and Music: Sandra McCracken, Stuart Garrard, and Zach Bolen.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 39
Q & A 89
Q How is the Word made effectual to salvation?
A The Spirit of God makes the reading, but especially the preaching, of the Word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation.*1
Q & A 90
Q How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?
A That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer;2 receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.3
*1 Nehemiah 8:8-9; Acts 20:32; Romans 10:14-17; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
*2 Deuteronomy 6:16 ff; Psalm 119:18; 1 Peter 2:1-2.
*3 Psalm 119:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Hebrews 4:2; James 1:22-25.
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