WSC 104 Fourth request

Introduction We're half way through the Lord's Prayer. The prayer begins, you'll remember, with the words: 'Our Father in heaven.' And we've seen already that the word 'our' teaches us that we're to pray with others and for others. And the word 'Father' teaches us to pray with confidence, because we're praying to our Father … Continue reading WSC 104 Fourth request →

Job 02(11)–03(26)

Introduction We began to study the book of Job together two Sundays ago when I made the obvious point that the book of Job is a book about suffering. The opening two chapters tell us about how Job suffered. On one extra-ordinary day, he lost his possessions and his family when one servant after another … Continue reading Job 02(11)–03(26) →

Job 04–07

Introduction Today we come to the first speech of Eliphaz, who was one of Job's three friends who came to comfort him after he lost his possessions and after he lost his children and after he lost his health. When they heard what had happened to him, the three friends arranged to go and see … Continue reading Job 04–07 →

WSC 103 Third request

Introduction We're working our way through the Lord's Prayer in our series of sermons on our Church's Shorter Catechism. The little word 'our' teaches us that we're to pray with others and for others. The word 'Father' teaches to pray with confidence, because we're praying to our Father who loves us and is willing to … Continue reading WSC 103 Third request →

Matthew 13(31–35, 44–52)

Introduction This is now the third time we've spent studying Matthew 13. I've said before that it contains seven parables about God's heavenly kingdom which Christ came to establish on the earth. There's the parable of the sower and the seed which fell along the path and on the rocky ground and among the thorns … Continue reading Matthew 13(31–35, 44–52) →

1 John 2(18–27)

Introduction The passage which we studied last time contained encouragement and an exhortation. John encouraged his readers by reminding them of some of the privileges they had received because of Christ. Their sins were forgiven; they had come to know the Father and the Son; and they had God's word to make them strong and … Continue reading 1 John 2(18–27) →

Matthew 13(24–30, 36–43)

Introduction I said last week that Matthew 13 contains seven parables about the kingdom of heaven. There's the parable of the sower, which we studied last week. And then there's the parable of the wheat and the weeds, which we'll study this evening. There's also the parables of the mustard seed; and of the yeast; … Continue reading Matthew 13(24–30, 36–43) →

WSC 102 Second request

Introduction We're at that part of our church's Shorter Catechism which is about prayer. And, we're thinking about the Lord's Prayer in particular and what we can learn about prayer from it. And, among other things, we've learned that prayer involves the offering up of our desires to God. So, in prayer we bring before … Continue reading WSC 102 Second request →

WSC 101 First request

Introduction For the last two sermons, we've been thinking about what our church's Catechism says about prayer. First of all, there was question and answer 98 of our Catechism which asked: 'What is prayer?' And the answer explained that prayer involves the offering up of our desires to God. So, in prayer we can bring … Continue reading WSC 101 First request →

WSC 100 Our Father

Introduction We're at that part of the Catechism which is about the means of grace: the means by which the Lord Jesus gives to us all the benefits of his redemption. He wants to give us justification by which we're pardoned for all that we have done wrong and we're accepted as righteous in the … Continue reading WSC 100 Our Father →