Tag: Psalm 22
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“My Soul Thirsts for You, O God!”
Readings: Psalms 42-43 (text); John 4:13-14 August 16, 2015 * Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Today, Christians are bombarded on television, books, seminars with promises of a life of prosperity – of health, wealth and happiness. That Christian life is a life without sadness, grief, loneliness, struggles, or even death. But what our Lord…
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“I Will Tell of Your Name to My Brothers”
“The family in the home, men and women at their daily tasks, were recognized as [Reformed Christians] [by Catholics] because they were heard singing Psalms.†~ Louis Benson Psalm 22:22-31 (text); Hebrews 2:10-13 August 3, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Congregation of Christ: If your boss wanted you to inflate the results…
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Jesus Our Great Psalm Writer, Singer and Worship Leader
How tragic that most churches prefer to sing music written by Biblically-illiterate teens rather than music written by Jesus our Great Psalm Writer and Singer! Jesus sang the Psalms. After the Passover supper, he sang one of the Hallel Psalms, Psalm 113-118 (Mt 26:30). In previous conversations with the Jews, he pointed out to them…
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“I Thirst”: The Three Cups of Christ
Christ suffered extreme thirst and drank the bitter cup of God’s wrath in order that he may offer us the cup of salvation filled with water unto eternal life that would satisfy our thirst forever.
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Daily Lent Devotionals: Thursday, March 29, 2012
David’s response to his enemies is a prayer of imprecation. But what was Christ’s response to his enemies while he was dying on the cross? Did he pray for their destruction, like David prayed?
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“Why Have You Forsaken Me?”
It was as if Christ literally descended into hell, but he did not. He actually suffered hell, God’s burning wrath, for his sinful people, as he suffered “inexpressible anguish, pains, terrors, and hellish agonies†on the cross.
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“Why Have You Forsaken Me?” (Memorial Service)
The youth at the church enjoyed many years of hearing his wit and humor during our fellowship times. He was the life of our church gatherings.
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Daily Lent Devotionals: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Jesus willfully suffered the ultimate humiliation—a spectacle of public nakedness before his enemies—in order that he may clothe us, not with flimsy fig leaves, but with his own “garments of salvation… the robe of righteousness.”
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Daily Lent Devotionals: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
those who believe in Christ, while suffering affliction and persecution in this world, can also look forward to God’s vindication when he returns to take them to heaven where they will worship him forever.
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A Good Friday Devotional
Print this devotional (PDF). Prayer (from the Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotion, edited by Arthur G. Bennett): My Father, Enlarge my heart, warm my affections, open my lips, Supply words that proclaim “Love lustres (shines) at Calvary.” There grace removes my burdens and heaps them on Thy Son, Made a…