These are weekly articles published in our church bulletin. Feel free to use them for your leisure reading and personal edification. You may like to use the search box above to search for any particular topic of interest to help you find what you need.
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O Send out Thy Light
Psalm 43 is one of the Psalms The Lord Jesus must have used when darkness enveloped His soul during His earthly ministry. It is also a song He has appointed for us to use when facing similar situations.
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The Race
by Rev. Samuel Rutherford, a Preparation Sermon, before the communion, at Kirkcudbright, in the year 1634 published by Rev. Andrew A Bonar, Glasgow, 1876 (reproduced in https://archive.org/stream/fourtcomm00ruth); minimally updated, edited and footnoted by JJ Lim
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Though the Outward Man Perish
2 Corinthians is a treasure trove of comforting texts for Christians suffering various forms of affliction. This is perhaps because the apostle Paul was himself greatly afflicted due to some issues he had with the Corinthians. Indeed, it was only after he was able to sort out some of the issues he had with them…
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Ohayo Gozaimasu!
A brief of our visit to the RP Church in Kobe, Japan It was in 1991 when my friend Dave Landis teased about Japanese Calvinists. He was referring to those who claim to be Calvinists, but deny Limited Atonement. The Japanese alphabet does not have the equivalent of an “L.” Thirty-four years later, on 12…
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The Son of Righteousness
Are you, beloved brethren and children, experiencing the warm and healing rays of the Sun of Righteousness? Are you enjoying the blessings of a righteous life? Are you enjoying being regarded as righteous in God’s eyes? Blessed are you if you are.
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He Spared not His Son
Nothing can separate us from God’s love— the same love with which He loves His Son. Nothing can rob our joy, for we know God is working all things together for our good. Nothing can destroy the peace that we have in Christ. Nothing can dampen our hope in Him as long as we continue…
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Comforted to Comfort
It is God’s purpose that those of us who experience trials may find comfort and then use our experience of being comforted to comfort others who are going through similar or not so similar kinds of trial. We are, to use a modern phrase, to pass it on.