As we come to the close of our study of Hebrews—a series that has taken nearly nine months—this morning’s service recapitulates many of the themes this remarkable book has surveyed. You’ll notice that every reading this morning (not just the sermon text) is taken from Hebrews, and we’ll sing many of the hymns that were…
Henry Haffner
This morning’s sermon text from Hebrews lists several practical exhortations on living the Christian life, concluding with a comforting quotation from the psalter: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear.” Much of today’s service focuses on this aspect of God as our helper. Throughout the morning, we’ll be reminded that “[our] help comes from…
When we come to worship, we are in a sense coming (as the author of Hebrews puts it) to the heavenly Jerusalem (Hebrews 12:22). What an immense privilege we have every week as children of God! This morning, Psalm 48 calls us to worship with a description of the “city of our God,” “Mount Zion,”…
Reformed worship is often described as dialogical: God declares something to us from His Word, and we respond with prayer and song; we confess our sins, and God responds, assuring us of His pardon. This emphasizes the vertical aspect of worship, the relationship between God and humanity. But we shouldn’t neglect the horizontal aspect, the…
Last week we celebrated the glorious victory our King has over death. Our King endured the hostility of sinners so that
those sinners might be saved and become sons. This morning we are called to walk in the path our Savior has set before
us. Jesus traveled through deep rivers of sorrow and so will we, but…
Q. What doth the resurrection of Christ profit us?
A. First, by His resurrection He has overcome death, that He might make us partakers of that righteousness which He
had purchased for us by His death; secondly, we are also by His power raised up to a new life; and lastly, the resurrection
of Christ is a sure…
Tonight’s service of readings, choral anthems, and congregational hymns was assembled to assist us in meditating on the story of Christ’s betrayal, trial, crucifixion, and burial. Each portion of the story (taken from all four Gospels) is followed by a musical response from either the choir or the entire congregation.
Throughout the service, the choir…
Waving palms together on Palm Sunday is always one of the sweetest moments of the church year. Though our sermon
series on the book of Hebrews continues, the service this morning will feature many of the great hymns of the faith that
walk us through Christ’s passion. We’ll sing hymns like All Glory, Laud And Honor, which…
This morning’s service gives us several portraits of a “lived-out faith,” which we can find in the Scripture passages we
read and the hymns and psalms we sing. We hear that we are “created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand” (Ephesians 2:9). We pray for God’s grace that “the light of Christ might…
O how sweet to trust in Jesus, just to trust His cleansing blood,
In this morning’s passage, the writer of Hebrews draws a parallel between the life of Abraham as he sought to follow
God and our lives as we seek to follow Christ. Abraham followed to the promised land; we are following to the heavenly
promised land.…