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The Lord’s Supper and the Passover

On the night before Jesus was crucified, he observed Passover with his disciples. The timing of these events was not coincidental–Jesus wanted his disciples to see how the Passover of old had always pointed to his death at the cross. So, Jesus said to his...

Preaching the Holy Spirit

I just finished a three-month sermon series on the Holy Spirit, and surprisingly, preaching the Holy Spirit was a far more difficult task than I imagined that it would be. In preparation, I read John Owen’s magisterial work on The Holy Spirit, quite a bit of...

Public Worship is Better than Private Worship

From David Murray: If you had the choice between private Bible reading and prayer, or going to church, which would you choose? The Puritans would choose church. Surprising isn’t it. We all know the Puritans’ welcome emphasis on private devotion and personal godliness....

Expectant Prayer in the Psalms

Prayer requires that we expect something. Unless we expect that God both hears and acts on our prayers, prayer is impossible. To speak of “expectant prayer” is redundant. The Psalms teach us to pray in many ways, but perhaps one of the most important...

Christ Reigns at the Lord’s Supper

In volume 2 of Arnold Dallimore’s George Whitefield biography, Dallimore describes Whitefield’s interactions with Scottish Presbyterians. In regard to the way in which these Scottish Presbyterians received the Lord’s Supper, Dallimore quotes this...

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