• Christ's Atonement for Our Sin
    Apr 13 2026
    Pastor walks his children through Children's Catechism question 48—especially explaining how Jesus endured and eliminated all of God's righteous wrath against our sin. Q48. What is meant by the Atonement? Christ's satisfying divine justice, by His sufferings and death, in the place of sinners. The lesson centers on the doctrine of atonement as the divine satisfaction of justice through Christ's sacrificial death, grounded in Romans 3:25, where Christ is presented as a propitiation—publicly displayed to demonstrate God's righteousness. It emphasizes that God's justice is fully satisfied by Christ's infinite sacrifice, which is sufficient because the Son of God, in human form, bore the wrath due to sinners, making atonement possible where no creature could. The lesson underscores that God's forgiveness of sins throughout history was not arbitrary but was sustained by the future work of Christ, Who alone could satisfy divine justice through His blood. It refutes the idea that additional works or rituals are needed for atonement, affirming that justification comes solely through faith in Christ, Who is both just and the justifier.
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    9 mins
  • Delivering Us from Evil
    Apr 13 2026
    Pastor teaches his family a selection from "the Proverb of the day." In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that righteousness (Christ!) delivers us from evil. The devotional centers on the profound contrast between the fate of the wicked and the righteous, anchored in Proverbs 11:7–8 and reinforced by Christ's victory over the world. It emphasizes that the death of the wicked brings the final collapse of their false hopes, while the righteous, though facing trials in this life, are already delivered from the ultimate trouble—God's wrath—through faith in Christ. The passage calls the audience to reject the deceptive promises of sin, recognizing it as a lie that leads to eternal perishing, and instead to rest in Christ alone as the source of true righteousness and lasting peace.
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    5 mins
  • The Bride’s Labor and Laborers
    Apr 12 2026
    As the bride comes into her maturity, she is awakened to zeal and diligence in church planting and recovery, maintaining her own vineyard, out of regard for the Lord and His ordained servants.
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    53 mins
  • The Bride’s Labor and Laborers
    Apr 12 2026
    As the bride comes into her maturity, she is awakened to zeal and diligence in church planting and recovery, maintaining her own vineyard, out of regard for the Lord and His ordained servants.
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    53 mins
  • The Good News of God's Wrath
    Apr 12 2026
    God's wrath is right, and just, and holy—and good news for those who have been saved through faith in Christ.
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    44 mins
  • The Good News of God's Wrath
    Apr 12 2026
    God's wrath is right, and just, and holy—and good news for those who have been saved through faith in Christ.
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    44 mins
  • How The Bible Talks About Sacraments
    40 mins
  • The Good Lord on His Good Sabbath
    Apr 11 2026
    What is the Sabbath a day for? Mark 2:23–3:6 prepares us for the hearing of God's Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord's Day. In these twelve verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Sabbath is a day for being with Jesus. The devotional centers on Jesus's authority over the Sabbath, revealing it not as a burdensome legal requirement but as a divine gift designed for our flourishing in Him through worshiping Him. Drawing from Mark 2:23–3:6, it emphasizes that the Sabbath was made for humanity, not the other way around, and that Jesus, as the Lord of the Sabbath, fulfills its true purpose by prioritizing communion with God. Pastor calls his family to a joyful, Spirit-led observance of the Lord's Day—rejecting both miserable legalism and worldly distractions—through joyful, heartfelt worship, the whole of the day. He urges believers to delight in God as the supreme gift, cultivating a heart that finds its deepest joy in Christ. Ultimately, the Sabbath is presented as a foretaste of eternal worship, where the triune God is fully known and glorified in the life of the redeemed.
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    16 mins