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2024 PCA General Assembly

Dear Church Family, The 51st General Assembly of our denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), will be held next week, June 10-14, in Richmond, VA. As the highest court in our church, it is an important part of the health and well-being of our denomination; however, with all the

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Recommended Sermons

Dear Church Family, This past weekend, May 23-25, was the 2024 Ligonier National Conference; the topic was “The Way, the Truth, and the Life.” Tom & Mary Louise attended the conference with their grandson so I’m sure they will be able to provide a more detailed review and more specific

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Divine Rights

Dear Church Family, In our present sermon series in the Ten Commandments, we began with several introductory sermons from Exodus 18:13-20:2 in which we explored the immediate context and setting of God’s delivering the moral law to His people on Mount Sinai. Specifically, the immediate context of the Ten Commandments

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 146-148)

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we did not have Sunday school; however, two weeks ago we continued our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) in questions 146-148 (dealing with the tenth commandment). Here is a brief review. WLC 146  Which is the tenth commandment?A. The tenth

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 143-145)

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we did not have Sunday school; however, two weeks ago we continued our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) in questions 143-145 (dealing with the ninth commandment). Here is a brief review. WLC 143  Which is the ninth commandment?A. The ninth

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 140-142)

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we did not have Sunday school; however, two weeks ago we continued our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) in questions 140-142 (dealing with the eighth commandment). Here is a brief review. WLC 140  Which is the eighth commandment?A. The eighth

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 139)

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we did not have Sunday school; however, two weeks ago we continued our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) in questions 139 (dealing with the seventh commandment). Here is a brief review. WLC 139  What are the sins forbidden in the

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 136-138)

Dear Church Family, This past Sunday, we did not have Sunday school; however, two weeks ago we continued our Sunday school lessons in the Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) in questions 136138 (dealing with the sixth and seventh commandments). Here is a brief review. WLC 136  What are the sins forbidden

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Sympathy vs. Empathy

Dear Church Family, I recently finished reading Rosaria Butterfield’s recent book Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age in which the author addresses five lies which she formally believed, but concerning which she has since repented: (1) Homosexuality is normal(2) Being a spiritual person is kinder than being a biblical Christian(3)

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Westminster Larger Catechism (Q 131-135)

Dear Church Family, A Later Postscript to Mark’s Gospel (Mark 16:9-20) We concluded our sermon series in the Gospel according to Mark this past Sunday in Mark 16:1-8. Perhaps you have questions regarding that “second ending” of Mark’s Gospel (vv 9-20) and why we concluded in verse 8. One of

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