Who Is This King of Glory? [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 63:1–6]

Whom do the watchers and the bride see coming? Isaiah 63:1–6 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord Jesus is the kingly and divine Speaker, Justifier, Savior, Avenger, and Redeemer. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Who Is This King of Glory? [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 63:1–6]

Whom do the watchers and the bride see coming? Isaiah 63:1–6 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord Jesus is the kingly and divine Speaker, Justifier, Savior, Avenger, and Redeemer. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Sworn to Reward the Savior with the Blessedness of His Bride [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 62:8–12]

What is the result of the King-Servant’s work and prayers? Isaiah 62:8–12 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord Jesus works and prays to reverse the curse and take to Himself a bride to bless and love forever. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Spirit Brings Us into Christ [Westminster Shorter Catechism 30—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 30—especially explaining how the Spirit’s application to us of Christ’s redemption occurs by His bringing us into union with Christ.

Q30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Elected, Substituted, Redeemed [2024.03.03 Evening Sermon in Numbers 3]

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Election, Substitution, and Redemption of a Precious People [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 3]

Why did the priests have to be numbered twice? Numbers 3 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these fifty-one verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the first numbering of the priests was to teach us especially about how the Lord redeems His people through a Substitute. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Only Creator of Redemption [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 44:24–45:8]

How has God been pleased to make the greatest display of being the only God? Isaiah 44:24–45:8 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these thirteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God displays Himself as God, most of all in announcing and accomplishing the redemption of His elect, through Christ. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Only One Redeemer, Only One God [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 43:22–44:23]

From what do we most need to be redeemed? Isaiah 43:22–44:23 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these thirty verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that it is from our sin that we most need redemption. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The God Who Is Pleased to Save [Westminster Shorter Catechism 20—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 20—especially explaining how salvation in Christ is God’s pleasure from all eternity.

Q20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? God having, out of His mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Extraordinary Devotion and Redemption [2024.02.11 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 27]

God concluded the sacrificial system with that which came from an overflow of love and generosity—which was the template for His own giving of Christ

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Extraordinary Vows and Redemptions [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 27]

If God has prescribed His public worship, how can a believer respond to special providence or moments of inflamed love and thankfulness? Leviticus 27 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these thirty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers may vow unto God to devote themselves to His service, but they must take these vows very seriously. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Your Most Important Reality: Jesus the Resurrected Redeemer [Family Worship lesson in Acts 25–26]

What is the most important reality in your life? Acts 25–26 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these fifty-nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the most important reality in each one of our lives, whether we embrace or engage it or not, is the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

God Gives Us to Ascend as Pleasing to Him by a Reconciling Substitute [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 1:3–17]

How can a sinner come near to God and be pleasing to Him? Leviticus 1:3–17 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these fifteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord provides a substitute, consecrated by blood and transformed by fire, in which the worshiper ascends unto heaven, and by whose blood the worship on earth is consecrated as well. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

What God Requires of Us to Escape His Wrath and Curse [Westminster Shorter Catechism 85 Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 85—especially explaining how justification is entirely by Christ’s merit and sacrifice, and everything that we do in other parts of redemption are sustained by grace, but the things that God has commanded/ordained for us to do are still absolutely necessary.

Q85. What doth God require of us that we may escape His wrath and curse due to us for sin? To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The LORD Our Possessor, Protector, and Provider [Family Worship lesson in Exodus 30:11–16]

What is the most important way to muster the men of Israel? Exodus 31:11–16 looks forward to the p.m. sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that when the men were numbered for census, it was not so much that they could be mustered for war as to be memorialized before the Lord; Israel would be protected by atonement, not by military size. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Blessed God-King Who Alone Does Wondrous Things to the Praise of His Glorious Grace (Family Worship lesson in Psalm 72:17–19)

What’s at the heart of the doxology with which Psalm 72 concludes? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Psalm 72:17–19 prepares us for the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that when Jesus comes as the God-Man-King, He alone accomplishes the promised, wondrous work. In so doing, He displays the glorious grace of the blessed God, Who alone does wondrous things. And, He teaches us to desire that the whole earth would be filled with His glory, beginning with wherever we are worshiping or working.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The REAL Apostles' Creed (Family Worship lesson in 1Timothy 3:14–16)

What is the great mystery of godliness? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. 1Timothy 3:14–16 prepares us for the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God has revealed the glorious truth that is His household policy; the means by which He works; and, the treasure that the church is to preserve, pass on, and proclaim. Namely, He has given us the truth of God's incarnation, Redemption accomplished, Redemption proclaimed, Redemption applied, and Reigning in glory(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Delivered, Conveyed, Redeemed, and Forgiven! (Family Worship lesson in Colossians 1:13–14)

Why does praying for sanctification spill over so easily into pouring out thanksgiving? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Colossians 1:13–14 prepares us for the second serial reading in Morning Public Worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that our sanctification so that we can finally partake of the inheritance of the saints in light flows out of four glorious things that God has given us in Christ Jesus: deliverance, conveyance, redemption, and forgiveness.(click audio title within player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

A Theology of Faces: Unmasking the Defacing of God's Image in Christ and the Redeemed (2020.08.23 Evening Sermon in 2Cor 3:12–4:6)

Why do we have faces at all? What has God intended to communicate, by our faces, about Himself and about His purposes in our creation and redemption? What is lost if we must cover our faces, and what is being cheaply sold if we willingly yield to it without good warrant for it?