Episodes

  • The Way Back from Backsliding

    The Way Back from Backsliding
    Feb 12 2026
    What do the backslidden need? Song of Songs 5:2–8 prepares us for the evening sermon on the coming Lord's Day. In these seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the backslidden need Christ's Word, Christ's grace, Christ's ordinances, and the prayers of Christ's people. The devotional from Song of Songs 5:2–8 illustrates the tension between the believer's awakened heart and the lingering lethargy of the flesh. It emphasizes that while Christians possess a new nature that longs for Christ, spiritual complacency and self-justification can lead to a state of spiritual sleep, where even the voice of the Beloved is met with excuses—inconvenient or unpleasant—against deeper communion. Christ, in His grace, does not merely knock but actively reaches through the latch of the door, symbolizing His direct, transformative work in awakening the heart, even when the response is delayed or imperfect. The passage warns of the consequences of backsliding, including the loss of spiritual assurance, the painful discipline of faithful shepherds, and the temporary removal of spiritual evidence. Yet, it ultimately points to the hope of restoration through repentance, prayer, and the intercession of the church. The call is clear: believers must resist spiritual lethargy, embrace the means of grace despite inconvenience, and actively pray for revival, both personally and corporately, so that the church may once again be filled with the presence of Christ, Whose love is both the source and the goal of all spiritual life.
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    19 mins
  • The Wicked Man’s Grief-End

    The Wicked Man’s Grief-End
    Feb 11 2026
    The wicked's opposite wishes, works, and way brings him to the opposite end of the righteous—glorifying God by being destroyed by Him forever.
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    31 mins
  • The Wicked Man’s Grief-End

    The Wicked Man’s Grief-End
    Feb 11 2026
    The wicked's opposite wishes, works, and way brings him to the opposite end of the righteous—glorifying God by being destroyed by Him forever.
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    31 mins
  • How to Live Your Blink of a Life

    How to Live Your Blink of a Life
    Feb 10 2026
    How should we live our short lives? Ecclesiastes 11:7–10 prepares us for the hearing of God's Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord's Day. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should spend our short lives in rejoicing and righteousness. Ecclesiastes 11:7–10 presents a profound balance between joyful gratitude and sober responsibility, calling believers to embrace life's fleeting beauty as a divine gift, while living with constant awareness of God's coming judgment. The passage affirms that life—especially youth—is brief and transient, likened to a vapor, yet within that brevity lies the sacred duty to rejoice in God's good gifts, from the sun's light to daily blessings, recognizing them as expressions of His generosity. At the same time, the passage issues a solemn call to righteousness: to walk according to one's heart and eyes, but only under the conviction that all actions will be judged by God, demanding the removal both of sorrow and of evil from one's life. This dual command—rejoice and live righteously—forms the heart of godly wisdom, urging both children and adults to live with joyful obedience, knowing that true fulfillment comes not in self-indulgence but in God Himself. The urgency of youth's brevity is not a reason for despair, but a lesson in the brevity of life as a whole, teaching us to steward each moment with purpose, humility, and faith in Christ.
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    18 mins
  • An Exchange of Heart

    An Exchange of Heart
    Feb 9 2026
    Pastor walks his children through Children's Catechism question 39—especially explaining how regeneration is when God exchanges your old, dead heart for a new, living one. Q39. What is a change of heart called? Regeneration. The lesson centers on the theological concept of regeneration as the essential, divine transformation of the heart. It emphasizes that regeneration—being born again through the Holy Spirit—is not a human effort or a result of faith, but the prior work of God that enables faith itself. Drawing from Scripture, particularly John 3 and the new birth, it argues that a dead and sinful heart cannot produce belief without first receiving new spiritual life from God the Father. Ultimately, the lesson affirms that only through this divine renewal can one be made holy and enter heaven, highlighting the necessity of God's sovereign grace in transforming the heart.
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    7 mins
  • Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

    Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
    Feb 8 2026
    When the church prays what Christ has taught her to desire, He answers immediately, abundantly, and generously.
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    30 mins
  • Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

    Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
    Feb 8 2026
    When the church prays what Christ has taught her to desire, He answers immediately, abundantly, and generously.
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    30 mins
  • Against YHWH and His Christ

    Against YHWH and His Christ
    Feb 8 2026
    Though all of Adam's kind resist God and His Son, the Anointed King, God saves His elect, through overwhelming power and authority. To be saved, we must yield to Him and rest upon Him.
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    57 mins