Wednesday, October 21, 2009

This Sunday (October 25th)

Morning Service

Songs
#315 (Blue hymnal)
#129 (Blue hymnal)
#75 (Blue hymnal)
#88 (Red hymnal)
#733 (Red hymnal)

Sermon
Luke 14:1-11: "The Parable of the Wedding Feast"

Evening Service

Songs
#48 (Blue hymnal)
#196 (Blue hymnal)
#389 (Blue hymnal)
#176 (Blue hymnal)

Sermon
John 13: "Loved to the End"

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Semper Reformanda

"Semper Reformanda" is a phrase that you often hear quoted in Reformed circles. But what does it actually mean? Michael Horton has a terrific explanation here.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

God's Program for the Church

In our Reformed circles, we often decry those churches that are full of programs. However, it is not programs per se that are wrong, but man-made programs. Last night, our men's book club had its first meeting this year, as we are reading through and discussing "Dual Citizens" by Jason Stellman, a pastor in the PCA. And Stellman makes a great point in the first chapter when he writes, "...when the evangelical church focuses on methods and programs to try to meet these demands for intimacy with others and with God, it far too often mimics the world-and that mimicry can spill over into the area where the church's distinctiveness is to be most evident: corporate worship. The church forgets that God Himself has prescribed a simple, straightforward, and east-to-follow program for the growth of the church and the edification of believers: the preaching of the Word and the administration of the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper."

This Sunday (October 18th)

Morning Service

Songs
#14 (Blue hymnal)
#520 (Red hymnal)
#288 (Blue hymnal)
#378 (Blue hymnal)
#231 (Blue hymnal)

Sermon
Luke 13:1-9: "The Parable of the Fig Tree"

Evening Service

Songs
#38 (Red hymnal)
#59 (Red hymnal)
#190 (Blue hymnal)
#488 (Blue hymnal)

Sermon
Hebrews 10:1-14: "It Is Finished"