One of the reasons the modern church has failed to apply the Word of God to the nations and to civil governments is because the modern church has, by and large, stopped singing the Psalms. To be fair, most modern churches did not actively make the decision to stop singing Psalms, it’s that the Psalter […]
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Pastoral Prayer for the Lord’s Day
Pastoral Prayer for the beginning of the corporate worship of Hope Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri on the eighth day of November, the year of our Lord, two thousand twenty: John 6:35 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in […]
Why We Gather
This was a message given at the Reforming Southeast Kansas Conference in Caney, Kansas in October of 2020. Good morning. I want to thank Josh Eaton for putting this conference together and asking me to be a part of it. I could not be more supportive of a theme that the Church needs to be […]
For Christian Architecture
Why does it matter if a Christian congregation gathers in a coffee shop or a cathedral? A home or a chapel? Does it matter? I believe it does. I am of course not referring to our brothers and sisters in Asia or various persecuted parts of the world where they are forced to gather “underground” […]
His Body and Blood: Why Leavened Bread and Wine in the Lord’s Suppers
26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many for […]