Having treated, in the preceding Book, of the exhibition of the covenant of grace, both under the Old and New Testament dispensations, and of the law and gospel, as held forth in both; and of the latter only in a general way; I shall now proceed to consider, the particular, special, and important doctrines of…
In December 2021 we started our new monthly print newsletter. They are available for pickup at our church, and for download on our website in the Printed Newsletter section. Please head there to explore the previous issues. NEW in the October 2022 issue is a crossword puzzle!! This should be solvable by all ages 7-100+.…
John 7:37–39: “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would…
The strength or kind of faith required is nowhere stated. The Holy Spirit has said nothing as to quantity or quality, on which so many dwell, and over which they stumble, remaining all their days in darkness and uncertainty. It is simply in believing,-feeble as our faith may be,-that we are invested with this righteousness. For…
2LCF chapter 2, paragraph 3: “In this divine and infinite Being there are three subsistences, the Father, the Word or Son, and Holy Spirit, of one substance, power, and eternity, each having the whole divine essence, yet the essence undivided: the Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; the…
Excerpted from A Body of Doctrinal Divinity – John Gill There was Gospel in the former dispensation, though called the legal dispensation; it was preached to Adam, to Abraham, and by Isaiah, and other prophets, as has been observed. Yet there is a clearer revelation and ministration of it under the present dispensation; as the…
In Matthew 12:46–50, we learn that there is a disparity between the righteous and unrighteous. Sometimes, the unrighteous are in our own families as people that are nearest and dearest to us. Seeing that difference is not going to alleviate all the pain or take away the string. It’s not going to right every wrong,…
We rejoice to report the recent installation of Pastor Ryan Maljaars into full-time pastoral ministry. On May 28, 2022, Pastor Butler and Pastor Kirkpatrick completed a theological examination of Pastor Maljaars. Over the course of two hours, Pastor Maljaars demonstrated his familiarity with major biblical themes, the outlines of various sections of scripture, and a…
Transcribed and edited excerpt from sermon preached from Acts 18:1–11 on May 15, 2022 We’re in a pretty happy occasion in the life of our church. We’re trying to help plant churches and see men raised up. And we need to have not just men with breathing bodies, but specific kinds of men as exemplified…
Transcribed and edited excerpt from the Father’s Day sermon preached on June 20, 2021 Notice the Lord’s covenantal purpose for Abraham in Genesis 18:18. When God calls Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and He tells him to leave his family, home, and land, He promises him that he will inherit the nations as…