Saved from Popular Worship [Family Worship lesson in Hosea 4:11–19]

How does grace respond to the stubborn sinners whom it is redeeming? Hosea 4:11–19 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that grace constrains those whom it is redeeming by making them ashamed of the very sin that they once loved and were proud of.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Road to Self-Destruction [Family Worship lesson in Provers 7:6–9]

Pastor teaches his family a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the road to self-destruction begins in several subtle ways against which we must be watchful.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How Wisdom Saves Us from Hell [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 2:10–22]

How does wisdom save? Proverbs 2:10–22 looks forward to the sermon in the midweek prayer meeting. In these thirteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that wisdom brings us into the perfect path and perfect pleasure: God Himself as our purpose and blessedness. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

A Deadly Serious Warning for Church Members [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 5:3–14]

Pastor teaches his family a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In these twelve verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the sin of sexual immorality easily ensnares church members, ruining their souls and generations of their household.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Hearts and Hands in a Holy War for Heaven [2024.01.21 Morning Sermon in Matthew 5:27–30]

King Jesus requires our heart, eye, and hand. He is taking our whole self into the kingdom of heaven, and He enlists us in the war of preparing us to enter.

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Hearts, and Whole Self, for Heaven or Hell [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 5:27–30]

What does God want from us? Matthew 5:27–30 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers owe the Lord their heart, their hand, and their everything, with which they hope to enter heaven.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained, WSC71—Regulating and Renovating Pleasure by Pleasure in God

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 71—especially explaining and applying how finding our ultimate pleasure in God must limit, shape, and drive all of our other pleasures, especially our pleasure in the person of our spouse.

WSC71: Which is the seventh commandment? The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained, WSC70—Imaging and Enjoying God in Marriage and Pleasure

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 70—especially explaining and applying the progression from the guarding of the image of God in the sixth commandment to the imaging and enjoying of God in marriage in the seventh commandment.

WSC70: Which is the seventh commandment? The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How Can I Overcome Lust? Part 2 of 3 [2022.07.24 Sabbath School]

"How Can I Overcome Lust" Part 2 of 3 in the RHB series, "Cultivating Biblical Godliness"(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How Can I Overcome Lust? Part 1 (2022.07.17 Sabbath School)

"How Can I Overcome Lust" Part 1 of 3 in the RHB series, "Cultivating Biblical Godliness"(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Sanctification in the Lord, by the Spirit, at the Heart of Marriage (Family Worship lesson in 1Thessalonians 4:1–8)

What is God’s will for me? What is God’s will for my marriage? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. 1Thessalonians 4:1–8 prepares us for the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God’s will for every part of a believer’s life is sanctification. This means that just as important as the question of whom to marry is the question of how to approach marriage. In this, sanctification is to be prioritized, passions of the heart and flesh resisted, parents consulted, Christ to be pleased, and the Holy Spirit to be depended upon.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

(Family Worship in Ephesians 5:3–7) How Saints Battle Sexual Sin

What's the difference between believers and unbelievers, when it comes to sexual sin? What is an appropriate way to talk to your children about it? Pastor leads his family in tomorrow's "Hopewell @Home" passage. In these five verses, we learn that a believer's new nature is strengthened against sexual sin by thankfulness and weighty joy. A hearty keeping of the first and third commandments leads to a healthy keeping of the seventh.