8.12.26
Hello brothers and sisters,
I hope you are doing well today, and I look forward to seeing some of you in a couple hours. This Sunday, the sermon in the morning will be on Revelation 1:9-20, “A Vision of the Risen Christ,” the sermon in the evening will be on 2 Chronicles 3, “The Construction of the Temple,” and the lesson on worship will be on the elements of worship (part 1).
Midweek Meeting
Our midweek meeting is held on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm at the Bringe home. The current series is based on J. Gresham Machen’s book, The New Testament: An Introduction to Its Literature and History. This evening the discussion will be on chapter 41, “The Christian Message.”
Recordings from Last Sunday
Lesson: General Principles of Worship
Morning Sermon: Grace and Peace from the Triune God (Revelation 1:4-8)
Evening Sermon: From Tyre for the Temple (2 Chronicles 2)
Blog Post
What Should We Do to Escape God’s Wrath and Curse?
In this blog post, I break down and explain question 85 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, “What doth God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin?”
Presbyterian History Article
Who Should Be Our Rulers? By James Baird
The latest issue of Westminster Magazine, the magazine of Westminster Seminary, features a number of articles on American Presbyterian history, including this article by James Baird. In it, he writes about Rev. George Duffield and what we can learn from his essay written in 1776 and reaffirmed in 1787 entitled “Who Should Be Our Rulers?” (My family visited the church Rev. Duffield pastored, Pine Street Presbyterian Church, on our recent vacation in Philadelphia.)
Fall Conference
This fall, on September 25th-26th, we will hold a conference, the theme of which will be “Man, Woman, and Family.” The conference website is up and running and can be found at this link. You can register at this link. Early-bird registration (available through August 26th) is $20 for those 15 and over, $5 for those 4-14, and free for children 3 and under. The speakers will be myself and two other pastors, Brian De Jong (Grace OPC in Sheboygan, WI) and Mike Myers (Heritage OPC in Royston, GA). The location will be Liberty Church in O’Fallon, MO.
On This Day in History
Inspired by a sermon by Charles Hodge, Ashbel Green Simonton arrived in Brazil on this day (August 12th) as a Presbyterian missionary in 1859. He organized a church (1862), a newspaper (1864), a presbytery (1865), and a seminary (1867), before dying in 1867 at the age of 34. As his biography states, “He was not content merely to proclaim the Gospel as widely as possible, nor to set up a ‘mission’ which would do the job of evangelism. His supreme purpose was to lay the foundations for a Church that would be the instrument of evangelistic penetration throughout Brazil.”
By 1888, the Presbyterian Church of Brazil had 20 missionaries, 12 native ministers, and about 60 churches. In 2021, it reported having 5,420 churches and 702,947 members. It remains a confessional Presbyterian denomination and has fraternal relations with the OPC.
Morning Worship Details
Hymns and Psalms
Psalm #48B “In Our God’s City We Have Seen”
Hymn #160 “Shepherd of Tender Youth” (to the tune of hymn #101)
Psalm #71A “In Thee, O LORD, I Refuge Take”
Hymn #271 “Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem”
Hymn #163 “At the Name of Jesus”
Bible Texts, Sermon:
Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 4
New Testament Reading: Matthew 17:1-13
Sermon: “A Vision of the Risen Christ” – Revelation 1:9-20
Evening Worship Details
Hymns and Psalms
Psalm #27D “The LORD’s My Shining Light”
Hymn #371 “O Lord of Hosts, How Lovely”
Hymn #60 “Thy Mercy and Thy Truth, O Lord”
Bible Texts, Sermon:
Old Testament Reading: 2 Chronicles 3-4
New Testament Reading: Hebrews 7:20-8:7
Sermon: “The Construction of the Temple” – 2 Chronicles 3-4
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Pastor Peter Bringe
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