Encouragement to help you through the week.
Beloved, We are incredibly complex creatures. I’ve been arguing in recent weeks that, as humans, we exist as “psychosomatic unities,” meaning there is an intimate and inseparable connection and communication between our bodies and souls. But up to this point,…
Beloved, Our bodies are not a divine afterthought. The human body actually preceded the human soul in creation: “then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and…
Beloved, I shared last week the way God graciously delivered me from an overactive thyroid, an underactive liver, and an unrelenting cloud of depression. This season of pursuing restored physical and psychological health has led me to read widely on…
Beloved, Below you will find a family worship devotion for question 8 of the Shorter Catechism. Praise the Lord for the wisdom and power displayed in the execution of His eternal plan in creation and providence! Yours in Christ, Pastor…
Beloved, Below you will find a family worship devotion for question 7 of the Shorter Catechism. What a blessing it is to know and serve the Sovereign of the universe! Yours in Christ, Pastor Nick Recite Q. 7. What are the…
Beloved, Below you will find a family worship devotion for question 6 of the Shorter Catechism. If you are desirous to explore this theme more deeply, check out the four sermons on the Trinity in our Knowing God sermon series…
Beloved, In my last sermon on James, I emphasized that we must be careful not to project the deceit of one person onto all people. It’s very easy to do this when we’ve been blindsided by lies—to start believing that…
Beloved, Below you will find a family worship devotion for question 5 of the Shorter Catechism. On a different note, applications for Discipleship 101 are now open. You can access the application HERE. More information about this new course can…
Beloved, Last Friday, we had a rough night with Vos. He was complaining of pain in his legs when he went to bed, and then he woke up an hour later crying. Tessa, being the gracious mama that she is,…
Beloved, Below is a family worship devotion for question 3 of the Shorter Catechism. It is a fitting theme for us to consider as we continue to look at God’s revealed will for Israel in Exodus 21:1-11 this coming Sunday.…
Beloved, We come this week to the second question of the Shorter Catechism which in God’s providence serves to prepare us for both sermon texts for this coming Sunday, each of which draws our attention to the central place of…
Beloved, We are beginning our exposition of the 107 questions and answers of the Shorter Catechism today. I’m designing these weekly devotions to be read aloud and to be comprehended by children (with the goal of eventually compiling them into…