The Heidelberg Catechism - The Foundations Of Our Faith

I had just had a thyroid operation.  Nurse told me the surgeon was in to check me out and let me go home from hospital. When he turned up she waved at me from the nurses station.  He came over and said.  "Well steve we can send you home today but first let me look at your foot."  I am thinking 'my foot?' He pulls the blanket off one foot. Then off the other and jumps backwards. "I cut that off yesterday! How did it grow back??!"  At that moment I realised I was in the wrong hospital.

Call To Worship   Revelation 19:6–9 "Hallelujah!  For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.   Let us rejoice and exult  and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God." Law and Grace Reading   Ezekiel 3:16-21   16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me: 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 18 If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for ...

Bible readings   Call To Worship   Revelation 19:6–9 "Hallelujah!  For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.   Let us rejoice and exult  and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God." Law and Grace Reading   Ezekiel 3:16-21   16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me: 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 18 If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked pers...

LUKE 13  DISCIPLES REPENT 1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.2 And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish." This may be the forgotten word in many churches, but it is not forgotten in the Bible; Nine hundred and sixty-nine times we are enjoined in the Bible to repent. THE MANDATE TO REPENT. We have had Vaccine Mandates…a Mandate is a command. Now there were some people who were put to death by Pilate and, there were others who were in a catastrophe when a tower fell on them and they died. And peo...

The Movie PASSION OF CHRIST: "Mel Gibson warned actor Jim Caviezel that playing the character of Christ was going to be very difficult and that if he accepted, he most likely would be marginalized by Hollywood.  Pedro Sarubbi, who played Barabbas, felt that it was not Caviezel who was looking at him, but Jesus Christ himself, as he played that role he said of Caviezel, "His eyes had no hatred or resentment towards me, only mercy and love." Luca Lionello, the artist who played Judas, was an avowed atheist before shooting began. He eventually converted, and baptized his children.  One of the main technicians working on the film was a Muslim converted to Christianity. Some producers said they saw actors dressed in white they didn't recognize during one of the filming sessions, and when they reviewed the recordings they realized they couldn't see them in that footage. Today Jim Caviezel simply and boldly proclaims his faith in Christ, and the miracle it was for him ...

I conducted the funeral for a 97 year old spinster who owned a nursery with her 95 year old sister also a spinster. At the end of the service the sister shook my hand and said wryly "Hardly seems worth going home does  it?"

"Now, for the love I bear His name,  What was my gain I count my loss.  My former pride I call my shame  And nail my glory to His Cross.  Yes, and I must and will esteem  All things but loss for Jesus' sake.  O may my soul be found in Him,  And of His righteousness partake."  

Luke 12:35-59   Disciples Are Expectantly Hopeful 35  "Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. 37  Blessed are those servants  whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! 39  But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he  would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."  41 Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?" 42 And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set ...