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Pastoral Letter (04/01/20)

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To my beloved flock, grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

100,000 to 240,000. Those are the numbers that have been given as the possible number of deaths that we might expect in our country due to the coronavirus. We know that these are not just numbers – they are precious human lives. In the next few weeks, the virus will spread exponentially; already we’re seeing that there’s hardly a community that has not been impacted in some way by this sickness. Continue reading →

Praying Our Theology: Introduction

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It never fails. In every class I’ve taught on the essential doctrines of the Christian faith, someone will ask the question: “How is this practical? How does this apply to my life?” This question is usually asked around the time we get to the doctrine of the Trinity, though some resolute souls will hold out until we’ve reached God’s decrees or the Hypostatic Union.

In all honesty, it’s a good question! It’s one that we should be asking every time we think about God’s Word Continue reading →

Psalm 88: Praying When Hoping is Hard

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O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! Psalm 88:1-2

 

You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness. Psalm 88:18

 

These verses bookend the cry of Heman the Ezrahite, the cry of the afflicted man. We expect, as the Psalms have trained us thus far, that at the end of this exasperated, barely-breathed lament that there will be some kind of conclusion, some denouement that gently replaces each fallen stone of this poor man’s life. But that’s not what we find. We find that he is forsaken – by his beloved, by his friends. The only companion he has left is the darkness in which he is drowning. Continue reading →