Good Friday meditations
Wash me, and dry these bitter tears, O let my heart no further roam, ‘Tis Thine by…
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not in despair
Tim, sometime around 198? Today marks ten years since my family experienced the loss of my youngest brother. Ten years…
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Who is Israel?
The focus of Matthew’s genealogy is clear. The significance of Jesus is deeply rooted in the history of the Old…
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Jesus as Faithful Israel
Matthew 1:1 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: David Holwerda…
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Easy Chairs, Hard Words
This book by Douglas Wilson, subtitled Conversations on the Liberty of God, is written as a dialogue between two fictional characters. Martin,…
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God is the Ultimate cause
I have been spending some time in the book of Isaiah and have rejoiced many times over the clarity of…
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Most in need of Him
The Christmas season brings us closer together which means that sin, that universal human condition is present in multiple ways…
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Thanksgiving to Advent
My parents joined us for several days to celebrate American Thanksgiving and they left this morning trekking their way south…
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God or Mother Nature?
This week’s catechism question and answer has been very well timed as we have listened to the news and seen…
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pastoral thoughts on infant baptism
The distinction and concession underscores the reality that Salvation is always by Grace and not Race while at the same…