TOPIC INDEXChurch Seasons (29)

  1. Epistle: Philippians 4:4-7 (Advent 3: Series C)

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    12/09/18
    14 mins
    By Jason Lane
    We enter into the brief respite of the penitential season of Advent with the call “Gaudate!” The theme of rejoicing appears beautifully in our Epistle and in the Old Testament from Zephaniah.

  2. Epistle: Philippians 1:2-11 (Advent 2: Series C)

    book
    12/02/18
    12 mins
    By Jason Lane
    The Epistle aligns perfectly with the Advent proclamation of Christ’s coming (Mal. 3:2). God Himself is making ready the church for “the day of Jesus Christ” (1:6); He will make them “blameless for the day of Christ” (1:10).

  3. Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 (Advent 1, Series C)

    book
    11/25/18
    11 mins
    By Jason Lane
    Advent is the church’s entrance once again into the holy rhythm of Christ’s life. The bride who longed to see her Bridegroom come in glory, now longs anew to see Him come in humility, gently, even swaddled up in a manger.

  4. Epistle: 1 John 3:1-3 (All Saints Day)

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    10/28/18
    14 mins
    By Jason Lane
    The striking truth of this festival is not that the church remembers the saints who have gone before us, even though we rightly chime the bells and speak the names of those who in the past year have flown away (Ps. 90:10). The real joy of this day is that those who have departed are counted together with us as the church and we are counted together with them.

  5. Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Observed)

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    10/21/18
    13 mins
    By Jason Lane
    The Feast of the Reformation affords preachers a special opportunity to catechize on the doctrine of justification by faith. It is also a perfect week for us to read through Romans in full for our devotions. It is an opportunity to hear again those marvelous words of absolution and sins forgiven and to recognize a righteousness which is revealed apart from the Law (Rom. 3:21); our need for absolution must be very great.