For anyone who is interested, here is the entire reading log for the 2022 calendar year:…
Month: December 2022
5 Books from 2022
This year was the most productive reading year I’ve had in quite a long time. Trying to read wide and deep and a lot is tough with 4 kids. I’ve known for a long time that the best opportunity for me to read as much as I want is to wake early (around 5-5:30 AM). I can’t read late at night because it puts me to sleep. One new thing I learned this year is …
Our Only Comfort in Life & Death – The Heidelberg Catechism for 2023
For the 2023 year, our church will work through a modified version of the Heidelberg Catechism in our corporate worship services. Click the link below to download a PDF version of the file:
Heidelberg Catechism
“The first question and answer of the Heidelberg Catechism is the whole gospel in a nutshell; blessed is he who can repeat it from the heart and hold it fast to the end.”
– Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom
“Surely Goodness & Mercy” Psalm 23
“Surely Goodness & Mercy” Psalm 23
He is not too glorious to become a shepherd. He is not too powerful to care for the weak. His glory may be great, but his head is not swollen.
THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Psalm 23. These are the words of God:
23 A PSALM OF DAVID.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in
… “Be Not Far From Me” Psalm 22
“Be Not Far From Me” Psalm 22
The joy of this season has its feet planted firmly on the ground, where beggars stand on street corners, hospitals beds are full, and families fight. We need a joy that goes down underneath all of the sorrows of this world, so that it can then lift us up into the heavens.
THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Psalm 22. These are the words of God:
“Length of Days Forever” Psalm 21
INTRODUCTION:
This Thursday, we’ll all gather around tables with friends and family to celebrate a supremely Christian feast. And it matters not that Thanksgiving as a national holiday isn’t commanded in the Scriptures. Christianity alone can account for and support the tradition. If there is no God, who is there to thank? So, as we prepare to roast turkeys and set tables, as we polish crystal goblets and bake pies, Psalm 21 is here to …
“Some Trust in Horses”
“Some Trust in Horses” Psalm 20
Why is it critical to pray for national leaders? Because national leaders represent the people. They stand in for the people. They lead the people. How they conduct themselves doesn’t simply reflect on the people; it actually takes the people somewhere.
THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Psalm 20. These are the words of God:
20 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 May the …