William Cowper 1731-1800 In conversation with a dear and well-meaning friend I had expressed my thanks to God for a particularly good providence. As soon as the words were out of my mouth my friend quickly informed me that we shouldn’t say something was a “good providence” because, God is good all the time and […]
See SRPC Response to COVID-19 Video – 3/19/20 Beloved Congregation: On Monday (3/16/20) our country’s President gave new national guidelines for responding to the current COVID-19 virus threat. The guidelines tell the country to avoid social gatherings in groups of more than 10 people for the next 15 days to aid in slowing the spread of […]
1 Corinthians 13 contains the Bible’s well known description of how love behaves. There the apostle of Christ shows us the demands of love toward God and all mankind. This is especially true of those who are given God’s gift of a circumcised heart (Deuteronomy 30:6). A circumcised heart is one that is renewed in […]
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“To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?” (Isa. 46:5) We learn from the Bible that God is the All-Seeing, All-Knowing, All-Powerful Being, whose wisdom, knowledge and power have no limit. We call this aspect of knowing God’s attributes, the doctrine of God’s Omni’s. […]
Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. (Prov. 4:26 ESV) A good deal of pastoral counseling is done in our sermons, other counsel is given in our weekly and daily interactions or in the communion of saints, and quite a bit is still given by letter writing or email […]
“And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying,“This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”” 20 “And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you […]
“You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Exo 22:21 NKJ). OT Israel had been a stranger, a foreigner or sojourner dwelling in Egypt. Driven there by famine Jacob and his sons with their wives and children moved to the land of Pharaohs to stay […]
“Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and a thankful acknowledgement of His mercies.” Westminster Shorter Catechism Q 98 ~ Don’t forget to pray this week for one another in the congregation, for our leaders, […]
Friday, May 3, 2019 Beloved Congregation, In 2004, Janis and I were travelling west to visit her mother and stopped in the […]