Category: Church Blog
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Why We Don’t Like the “Evangelicals” Label
I wrote in my Doctrine Unites! blog my thoughts on why many Reformed churches and believers don’t like to be categorized as “evangelicals”: Reflecting on Scott Clark’s “Are Reformed ‘Evangelical’ or ‘Evangelicals’?” I agree with R. Scott Clark when he says that the Reformed are evangelical (in the 16th century Protestant Reformation sense), but we…
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Resources for Lesson 2: A Survey of Eschatological Views
This Saturday at 2 PM, we will be looking at the four major millennial views. You can download the charts below (PDF files). Included is a chart illustrating the two-age model of Geerhardus Vos and Kim Riddlebarger. The last is a single PDF of all the views. The four millenial charts were drawn by Mark…
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Liturgy for October 6, 2013
Come, join us as we worship a holy and gracious God with reverence and joy! Liturgical Element of the Week: The Lord’s Supper: “Open, Closed, or Close Communion?” § * Those who are able, please stand. Download PDF liturgy God Speaks People Respond ENTERING INTO WORSHIP * Call to Worship: Psalm 118:1, 19-24 * Invocation: Psalm…
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Liturgy for 5th Anniversary Service—September 22, 2013
THEME: Acceptable Worship: Reverence for Our Great God
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Psalms for 5th Anniversary Service
Just preparing the order of worship for our 5th Anniversary Service gets me excited and energized. Here are the four psalms I chose for singing.
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Winners of the Book Raffle from the Book Fair Survey
Here are the winners of the Book Fair Survey we conducted at the Manila International Book Fair last Saturday, September 14, 2013. Congratulations! Click each thumbnail to enlarge.
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18 Tips for Public Reading of Scripture
The public reading and preaching of Scripture is a means of grace, because it is through the preaching of the gospel that the Spirit regenerates the hearts of people, enabling them to willingly repent and believe in Christ. As such, we are to honor this means of God’s grace through diligent preparation and proclamation.
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Liturgy for August 18, 2013
“And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:2 ESV).
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Liturgy for August 11, 2013
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the…