Monthly Archives: October 2010

Martin Luther’s 95 Thesis

Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg, intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place. Therefore he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with…

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How Members Can Serve the Church on Sunday Morning

At the Trellis and Vine Workshop in DC today, Colin Marshall shared ways that ordinary church members can serve the church on Sunday mornings. Before the Service Read the passage in advance Pray for the gathering Greet newcomers (act like you are the host) Think strategically about who you should sit with Arrive Early During…

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The Immutability of God

God is distinguished from His creatures IMMUTABILITY IS ONE OF THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS WHICH is not sufficiently pondered. It is one of the excellencies of the Creator which distinguishes Him from all His creatures. God is perpetually the same: subject to no change in His being, attributes, or determinations. Therefore God is compared to a…

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The Fruits of Repentance – Pt. 3

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion. Proverbs 28:13 Sin has a way of turning even the bravest man into a coward. Have you ever thought about that? In the Garden of Eden, after Adam and Eve transgressed the one thing that God had…

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The Fruits of Repentance-Pt.2

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? Romans 2:4 How often people think that they are entitled to rights, like the world owes them something, but in reality they are unthankful, rebellious, unrighteous people who are…

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