“So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 Read Psalm 90:11-17 Counting is a fundamental aspect of mathematics—it was one of the first things we learned at school. The practical applications of this subject are legion. To stay within a prescribed budget one needs to be…
We Fly Away LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Psalm 90:1 Read Psalm 90:1-10 Tomorrow will be the last day of this calendar year. At the end of a year, we can become melancholic as we realize that everything comes to an end. Things that happened in this past year do…
Glory to God Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14 Read Psalm 150 Angels have been created by God. Though some fell and became demons, yet part of the heavenly host did not fall; they remained true to the Lord. These pure angels do not need…
Psalm 100:4-5: “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.” On Monday all our Canadian churches will have a Thanksgiving Day worship service. But “thanks” is not…
First I have to say to you all: Congratulations! Your “Ask a Pastor” questions have completely overwhelmed us pastors and have now officially become a backlog, a logjam, a complete gridlock. However you want to call it, the list of questions is long, and the list of pastors to answer them… well, not so long.…
Scripture teaches us that the effects of sin are always serious. They are threefold: 1. Death in various forms The Bible teaches that sin leads to death, in all its forms, physical, spiritual, and eternal. As Dr. Ferguson says: As a result of sin, a “virulent disease” began “to spread through the whole of…
Question: Why do we sing Psalms (Psalters) in our reformed churches? Answer: Good question! We had Rev. Jerrold Lewis answer this question in a Q&A video waaa-ay way back when our website first launched (last October!). Here is the video again (sorry for the low audio):
The third picture of redemption in Psalm 107:17–22 is that of the fool. So who is a fool? Let’s look it up. The fool says there is no God (Ps. 14:1). He does not understand the ways of God (Ps. 92:6). He despises wisdom and instruction (Prov. 1:7). Fools hate spiritual, life-giving knowledge (Prov. 1:22).…
Last time, we saw the first picture of redemption in the wanderer rescued from sin and brought home to God through His grace. The second picture of redemption that Psalm 107 paints is that of the prisoner set free in verses 10–16. The portrait of the prisoner is drawn with a black and bleak backdrop.…
Psalm 107 begins with words of thanksgiving to the LORD, “O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever.” The psalm gives us five pictures of God’s goodness and mercy in action, which generate this call to thanksgiving: vivid pictures of redemption. These help us to better understand how…