Entries from January 1, 2008 - February 1, 2008
Is this gonna hurt?
Michael Brown
in Announcements, Ecclessiology, Just for Fun
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This past Lord's Day, Christ URC had the privilege of receiving three new families into membership: Aaron and Michelle Hasten and their son, Isaiah (pictured above), Dexter and Christyn Lo, and Chuck and Michelle Tedrick. All three families took public vows of membership and reaffirmed their faith in the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ. We also had the priviledge of seeing the covenant sign of baptism applied to Isaiah...
Notice the look on Isaiah's face. He is not too sure about this whole thing, and he isn't about to leave the safety of his mom's arms!
"I promise you, Isaiah, this is not circumcision, this is baptism. We are in the new covenant."
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Isaiah: "Are you gonna stick me in there, pastor?"
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See, Isaiah, it didn't hurt a bit!
We rejoice with the Hastens that Isaiah has been included into the visible covenant community and been given the promise that as surely as water washes away dirt from the body, so too does Christ's blood wash away our sins. May the Holy Spirit work faith into Isaiah's heart to embrace that promise!
Soli Deo Gloria!
Basic Covenant Theology (#22)
The Noahic Covenant (con't)
At the Flood, God's common grace stopped. It was as if God pressed the pause button on his patience and providential kindness on the world. The flood was an expression of his righteous judgment and wrath. It was an in-breaking, an intrusion of the consummation into history. Like Sodom and Gomorrah, the ten plagues on Egypt, and the conquest of Canaan, the Flood was a like movie trailer of the Last Day: a preview of his vengeance unleashed at the the end of the age. The Flood was anticipated eschatology. The seed of the serpent was destroyed and the seed of the woman was delivered, namely, the eight souls on the ark with whom God identified his name (1 Pet 3.20).
Correction!
Michael Brown
in Ladies Prayer Meeting
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The Ladies' Prayer Meeting is on Saturday, FEBRUARY 9TH, not this Saturday as was previously posted (the previous post has since been modified to reflect the correct day and time). Thank you, Jenny Erikson for pointing this out to me!
MGB
Why We Keep the Lord's Day (part V)
VII. The Lord's Day is to be a Delight, not a Burden
Finally, we must always keep in mind that the Lord's Day is a weekly holiday. It is not to be a weekly bummer. It is not to be observed with rigor and sweat, but with joy and gladness. We want our children to see the goodness and graciousness of God in giving us a day of worship, rest, and freedom from the normal craziness and cares of this age.
That does not mean we are to turn into the "Sabbath Police," always checking to make sure that no one in the family is having too much fun! Instead, parents need to be creative in making this day a genuine delight for their family. Consider making something special for breakfast on that day, or perhaps a special dessert in the evening. Try creating special traditions that your family can enjoy on the Lord's Day. Use wisdom and love in how you go about this. But whatever you do, emphasize for your family the importance of corporate worship, the Divine Service.
Ladies Prayer Meeting #2
Michael Brown
in Ladies Prayer Meeting
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The ladies' prayer meeting is this Saturday at 9.00am. For those attending, please read chapters 3-4 of J.I. Packer’s Knowing God. Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. (Don’t worry, if you don’t want to speak up in the meeting you don’t have to!)