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Emmanuel Advent Reflections (12.13.2009): Mercy and Humility Among Our Neighbors
This is another Advent reflection for Emmanuel that is slightly off the beaten path for what our Advent guide instructs for our...
 
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Emmanuel Sermon Notes (12.13.2009): Is the Lord Among Us or Not?
I enclose here my notes from the sermon that my pastor Scott Seaton gave for Emmanuel Presbyterian Church (PCA) this past...
 
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Emmanuel Advent Reflections (12.7.2009): Exhortation of One Another in the Church of Praise
This Advent reflection is a little off the beaten path from the instructions for Advent reflection in the Emmanuel Advent...
 
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Emmanuel Advent Reflections (12.2.2009): He Will Not Be Elijah
Once in a while, during this Advent season for Emmanuel, I may post more than one blog article of Advent reflections for a...
 
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Emmanuel Advent Reflections (12.1.2009): The Legacy of Gideon, Reversed by Grace
My home church Emmanuel PCA is remembering the virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ through Advent this year.  We put...
 
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Gospel-Broken Thanksgiving
“ . . . Paul’s thanksgiving to God for Timothy’s faith and holiness: he thanks God that he remembered Timothy in his...
 
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Bible Quiet Time Notes (11.18.2009): Trusting God the Father’s Covenantal Conquest of False Gods Through Christ Jesus, and Understanding the King of Pride
I’m still tinkering with this blog.  And I’ve decided that when it comes to writing quiet time notes, I don’t really...
 
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Emmanuel Sermon Notes (11.22.2009): From Bitter to Sweet
I share in this blog article here my notes from my pastor Scott Seaton’s sermon this past Sunday for my home church, Emmanuel...
 
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Bible Quiet Time Notes (11.14.2009): Father-Son Rebelliousness, True Gospel Discipleship, and Restoration of the Church
Quiet time chapters for this morning: Ezra 3-4Passage for reflection:“In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his...
 
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Bible Quiet Time Notes (11.13.2009): Discipleship, the New Birth of God for Dying Onto Righteousness, and Baptism
Quiet time chapters for this morning: 1 John 1-2Passage for reflection:“These things I have written to you concerning those...
 
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Bible Quiet Time Notes (11.12.2009): The Idols of Commerce Versus New Birth from God the Father
Quiet time chapters for this morning: 2 Chron. 15-16Passage for reflection:“In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa,...
 
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Bible Quiet Time Notes (11.11.2009): Waiting for the Lord’s Provision of Good Fruits
Bible quiet time chapters for this morning: Job 39-40Passage for reflection:“ ‘Look now at the behemoth, which I made...
 
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Bible Quiet Time Notes (11.10.2009): Though We Have Not Seen Him, It is Through Witness that We Love Him: Apostolic Witness, Evangelism, and Suffering in Jesus’ Ministry
Bible quiet time chapters for this morning: 1 Pet. 1-2Passage for reflection:“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a...
 
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Bible Quiet Time Notes (11.4.2009): God the Conqueror of Armies of Idols, and God the Author of New Rest
As my follow up to my blog article yesterday, here is my initial experiment of writing out my Bible quiet time notes for blog...
 
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Emmanuel Sermon Notes (11.1.2009): Stir Up One Another
This blog article features notes from my pastor Scott Seaton’s sermon from this past Sunday, for the preaching series that...
 
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Gospel-Rooted Suffering and Reformation Day
Tomorrow is Reformation Day, the day that classical Protestants celebrate Martin Luther’s posting of the Ninety-Five Theses...
 
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Emmanuel Sermon Notes (10.25.2009): Forgiving One Another
I include in this blog article here my notes from my pastor Scott Seaton’s sermon concluding the preaching series on the...
 
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Emmanuel Sermon Notes (10.18.2009): Forbearing One Another
I share my notes here in this blog article from my pastor Scott Seaton’s sermon from this past Sunday, a sermon that is part...
 
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Book Review: “‘O’ God: A Dialogue on Truth and Oprah’s Spirituality,” Josh McDowell and Dave Sterrett
A friend of mine, Dave Sterrett, graciously asked me if I would take time out of my busy schedule of churning cheese and...
 
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The Irony of Sexual Rebellion, and the Biblical Gospel for the Direction of Worship in the Church
I had to be away from my home church Emmanuel this past Sunday, so I wasn’t available to sit in the sanctuary and take notes...
 
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Emmanuel Sermon Notes (9.27.2009): Bear One Another’s Burdens
This blog article points to the start of another sermon series for my home church Emmanuel, our look at the “one another”...
 
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I Still Love You, New York: Thoughts on Sept. 11, Ryan Adams, Gospel Submission to Civil Authorities, and Augustine’s “City of God”
Today marks eight years since Sept. 11, 2001, the date of the worst modern terrorism to hit the United States (and also, in my...
 
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Listening and Repentance for Fellowship in the Church: The Ecclesiological Gospel in the Telecommunications Age
One of my favorite reading experiences in the Bible in recent times has been reading through the book of James.  This book,...
 
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Mourning and Mercy in the Beatitudes: Bringing Our Hearts About Broken Relationships to the Lord, and Serving the Lord and His Gospel in the Church and for Culture
Is there a safe place for mourning about broken relationships if you’re serving in the name of the Lord in the church and for...
 
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Doing Battle Side by Side with God the Father Against Control of the Church, and Control of Culture: The Spiritual Warfare of New Birth in the Gospel
I was reading the first book of Chronicles last week, and I got to the passage of David and the troops watching over Israel...