This post is based on Genesis 23 thus making it best understood after reading that passage. As human beings, our mortality is an inescapable reality of our existence. Death is something that surrounds us, our entire lives. Everyday thousands of people around the world are born, and thousands of people die. The indiscriminate reality of […]
Gospel
Two Reasons for Congregational Singing
One of my favorite things about my church is our congregational singing. It does me good to hear and participate in worship with people who sing the gospel from their bellies. We may not have hundreds of voices but we’ve got some good ones and loud ones. The most important aspects of church music is […]
Martin Luther on the Holy Spirit
There is much confusion in today’s world on the person and the work of the Holy Spirit. Not only is there confusion but evangelicalism is inundated with clearly false teaching on the role of the Holy Spirit. The other night I was reading Martin Luther’s Smaller Catechism and was struck by the clarity in which […]
Pastor as Overseer of Worship Music
Most people would typically understand and agree that one of the pastor’s main responsibilities is the weekly preaching and teaching from the pulpit. Further, most would agree that the pastor is the overseer of the doctrine that is taught in the church, although most likely it is within the bounds of the confession or doctrinal […]
Trust Like A Weaned Child?
The more a believer matures in Christ, the more humble and childlike his faith becomes. In Psalm 131 the psalmist confesses a simple and humble trust in His God. David is the author, but the circumstances of this Psalm are not apparent. However, we see that David confesses his childlike trust in the Lord, and […]