Category: Church Blog
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Liturgy for December 22, 2013
The LORD said to Moses, “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine” (Exodus 13:1-2). And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to…
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Songs Recommended for Advent Worship
The following is a list of songs I like to sing during the Advent Season. Most of the these songs listed are approved by the URCNA, with a few deletions and additions. Hymn Words By Tune Advent of Our God, The Charles Coffin, 1736 St. Thomas, Aaron Williams, 1770 All My Heart This Night Rejoices…
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“A Hebrew Son Cast into the Nileâ€
In these two great events, the ark and the basket are foreshadows of our Lord Jesus Christ, who offered his body and blood to save his people from slavery to sin.
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Liturgy for December 1, 2013: First Sunday of Advent
“By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward”…
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A Thanksgiving of Fasting and Oysters
“All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son, and him who reigns With them in highest heav’n The one eternal God, Whom earth and heav’n adore; For thus it was, is now, And shall be evermore.” (From “Now Thank We All Our God†by Martin Rinkart, 1648)
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“Did Disaster Come to Tacloban City, Unless the LORD Has Done It?”
“God must be [have been] somewhere else or he forgot that there’s a planet called Earth.” ~ Rodrigo Duterte, mayor of Davao City
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Help Rebuild Lives After Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
Here are a few of the mission work in the typhoon-devastated areas that I’ve learned about from others.
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Liturgy for November 10, 2013
“[Christ] entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption” (Hebrews 9:12 ESV).
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Bulletin for November 3, 2013: Trumpeting the Gospel of the Reformation
Without any merit of mine, out of mere grace God grants and imputes to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ. (Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 60)