The Lord, Our Help — for 40 years (and counting)
Much of life is ordinary and routine. Get up in the morning, get a cup of coffee, get the kids …
Category Archives: Sunday worship
GBC will begin live streaming Sunday
This Sunday GBC will begin live streaming the morning worship service, and all teaching events hosted in the church sanctuary …
Preparing for communion
In tomorrow morning’s worship service we will remember the death and resurrection of Christ through communion. Paul exhorts the Corinthian …
Communion and the work of Christ’s blood
This morning we will remember the death of Christ through communion. There can be a ritualistic sameness to this ordinance …
Never let Sunday be routine
J. I. Packer, The Quest for Godliness: We must never, therefore, let our Sundays become mere routine engagements; in that …
Preparing for communion
This Sunday morning we will practice the ordinance of communion. The apostle Paul exhorts the Corinthian believers to examine themselves …
Worship that is better than the angel’s worship
J. Todd Murray, Beyond Amazing Grace: The disparity between the angels’ worship and our own is especially ironic in the …
Grab bag
Some helpful articles from the last week: David Murray has “20 Helps to Sermon Listening.” Number 1? “Read and mediate …
Preparing for a sermon on 1 John 1:9
This afternoon I’ve been thinking about tomorrow’s sermon on 1 John 1:9. This may be one of the most well-known …
The blood of Jesus cleanses us from sin
When it comes to blood, I am squeamish. On two separate occasions I’ve almost fainted while making a pastoral hospital …
Communion an occasion of gratitude
To continue to prepare my heart for communion tomorrow morning, I read another chapter this evening from The Puritans on …
The value of communion
At least once per month, most churches practice the ordinance of communion. Some partake of the bread and the cup …
“You shall call His name Jesus”
From John Broadus on Matthew 1:21: It is familiar fact that Hebrew names were commonly significant, a natural and pleasing …
As you prepare for worship, give thanks
This morning you may be in a hurry to get to church to worship. Your clothes may not look or …
Don’t miss God at church tomorrow
Read a Scripture. Sing a hymn. Pray. Sing a hymn. Pray. Sing a chorus. Sing another chorus (or two). Pray. …
