Kinsman of the Fatherless [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 23:10–11]

Pastor teaches his family a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God sees and punishes all sin and has a special care for the fatherless.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

God's Ways for Us to Get Goods [Children's Catechism 98—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Children’s Catechism question 98—especially explaining how material things are a good gift from God, when obtained (and employed) in the good ways that God has given us to do so.

Q98. What does the eighth commandment teach us? To be honest and industrious.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained — WSC75 “God Forbids Thoughtlessness or Carelessness about Earthly Property or Prosperity”

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 75—especially explaining and applying God’s warnings against being thoughtless or careless of His goodness in earthly things to us or to others.

WSC75: What is forbidden in the eighth commandment? The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbor’s wealth or outward estate.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained, WSC73 — The Place of Property in God's Design for Our Lives

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 73—especially explaining and applying the progression in the Ten Commandments that brings us now to consider the right way of viewing, obtaining, and employing property.

WSC73: Which is the eighth commandment? The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Biblical Theology of the Diaconate (19): Pleasing God in Transactions & God's Love-Fostering Design for Slavery in Israel [2023.01.15 Sabbath School]

God, Who has given us ways of obtaining wealth that glorify Him via productivity and charity, abominates gaining wealth by scheming to take it from others. And God gave His people a way of helping one another materially that included a form of slavery that fostered love among master and slave.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Penalties for Stealing and Property Damage [Family Worship lesson in Exodus 22:1–15]

What procedures and penalties did the Lord give Israel for addressing theft? Exodus 22:1–15 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 before God, men must be respectful and responsible with others’ property. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Thou Shalt Not Steal: Learning from God to Obtain and Use Good Things in a Good Way (2022.06.26 Evening Sermon in Exodus 20:15)

The God Who put His image in us has appointed to us our possessions and the right means of acquiring them.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)