Our Liturgy We share in worship forms used by the earliest Christians and which developed over time and were revised during the Protestant Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries. Even after the changes of nearly two thousand years of use, however, Christian liturgy is organized around two basic poles: the public reading and preaching…
Catechism
The Church today would be a different kind of place if it were not for a short, dark-skinned, red-bearded, half hermit who single-handedly fought an empire for the truth of the Gospel. For much of the fourth century, A.D., it was Athanasius contra mundum—“Athanasius against the world”—and Athanasius won. One letter. To some historians his…
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My soul complete, in Jesus stands! It fears no more the law’s demands; The smile of God is sweet within, Where all before was guilt and sin. My soul at rest, in Jesus lives; Accepts the peace his pardon gives; Receives the grace His death secured, And pleads the anguish He endured. My…
GREAT DEVOTIONAL POETRY If you are not familiar with this poem, you need to be. Donne composed this piece near the end of his life when he was facing death (circa 1631). John Donne (pronounced ‘dun’) lived a contemporary of Shakespeare in London England between 1570 and 1640. He was renowned in his time…
Is Membership in a local church really necessary? What shall we think of someone who refuses to join a church or is removed from the membership of the church without joining another congregation? The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey K. Boer, Pastor of Sharon OPC in Miami Lakes, Florida, addresses these questions in the following sermon. Formal…
Why Lessons & Carols? Christmas and the Covenant Grace and Peace Presbyterian Church will hold our annual Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols Christmas Eve, December 24th at 7 pm. The value of Lessons & Carols, in short, is this: Lessons and Carols tangibly reminds us of the unity of Scripture, with the story of Christ and…
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you most humble and hearty thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your inestimable love in the redemption of the world by…
Do counseling and what we have come to call one’s “style” of worship have anything to do with each other? Written by Terry Johnson | Saturday, November 23, 2013 Readers of the Journal of Biblical Counseling and similar publications will gain invaluable wisdom by studying its articles each quarter. As they apply in counseling…
Rev. Dr. Edd Cathey-adapted from Pastor J. Strey “Lex orandi, lex credendi” is a Latin phrase that literally means, “The law of praying [is] the law of believing.” The idea behind the phrase is that the way you pray says something about, and even shapes, what you believe. Practically speaking, this observation can be extended…