COV LIFE BLOG
Advent 2015 – Luke 2:8-14 – Good News of Great Joy
HEART PREPARATION It was much that there was born a Saviour – much that there was born a Messiah. Men needed a deliverer, and the proclamation here is best kept in its widest meaning – as of one who sets free from all ills outward and inward, and brings all outward and inward good. The […]
Advent 2015 – Luke 1:26-38 – Faith in the Word of God
HEART PREPARATION Let us not do as Zacharias did. Dear friend, are you at this moment questioning any promise? Are you saying, “How shall I know this?” Cease from doubting the infallible word and rest in the Lord, His Holy Spirit enabling you to believe. On the other hand, are you a seeking sinner and […]
Genesis 13-14 – Faith in the Promises of God
HEART PREPARATION Why should he, who has God’s promise that all the land is his, squabble with his kinsman about pasture and wells? The herdsmen naturally would come to high words and blows, especially as the available land was diminished by the claims of the ‘Canaanite and Perizzite.’ But the direct effect of Abram’s faith […]
Genesis 12 – Faith in the Call of God
HEART PREPARATION The authority of God should in our minds be paramount to every other authority. As he “consulted not with flesh and blood,” when once the Divine will was intimated to him, so neither should we: it should be sufficient for us that God hath commanded any thing: there should then be no inquiry […]
Genesis 11 – Man’s Attempts to Gain Glory and God’s Gracious Judgment
HEART PREPARATION Thus the story of the founding of Babylon has been carefully constructed around key terms and ideas. The people of the land were at first united as one people sharing one language and living in the “land”. They moved “eastward” and built a city to make a name for themselves in order not […]
Genesis 9:18-10:32 – A New Beginning and Hope for the Nations
HEART PREPARATION A funnel is an instrument for concentrating the flow of something from a wide area into a small area. That’s what’s happening here [in this text]. Although it appears that God is working only with nations, the end of the chapter reminds us that the line of promise goes from one man to […]
Genesis 8:1-9:17 – The Picture of Christ in Noah’s Sacrifice
HEART PREPARATION Sin is just as much a problem after the flood as before. The flood of judgment did not eradicate sin; the covenant of grace did not guarantee righteousness. If God’s purpose was to fill the earth with the glory of his righteousness, then we must conclude one of two things: God is a […]
Genesis 6:9-7:24 – God’s Righteous Judgment and Grace Towards the Righteous
HEART PREPARATION “The flood came as a surprise, and Christ’s second coming is going to come as a surprise. We tend to think that our experience is a good teacher, as if it were sufficient to make predictions about the future. We assume that because God hasn’t dramatically intervened with terrible judgment during our lives […]
Genesis 4:17-6:8 – God’s Grief Towards Sin and Affections Towards the Righteous
HEART PREPARATION “The dealings of the Lord in his own case, cause the grateful singer to remember the usual rule of God’s moral government; he is just in his dealings with the sons of men, and metes out to each man according to his measure. “With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an […]
CLC Women’s Panel
“We are all relevant to each other,” Holly Edward reminded the women of CLC on September 25th. She continued that our age or life stage isn’t the most relevant factor we all share, but Christ. I think that beautifully sums up the immensely encouraging evening as those in attendance were able to hear seven of our […]