Who Can Endure His Wrath? [2026.03.15 Morning Sermon in Nahum 1:1–6]

Though YHWH is slow to anger, it is not from inability to judge, nor unwillingness. And, He tells us about His wrath, so we will respond rightly to it by faith, as if we had already seen it by sight—by fleeing to Jesus from the wrath to come.

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The Nature of God [Westminster Shorter Catechism 4—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 4—especially explaining how God is one, perfect substance, Who exists in three subsistences (persons).

Q4. What is God? God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson) Summary of the transcript of the audio: The lesson presents an exploration of God’s nature, emphasizing that God is a spirit—eternal, infinite, and unchangeable in essence and all His attributes. It clarifies that while God is personal, the question 'what is God?' focuses on His divine substance, which is one in being yet eternally distinct in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The attributes of God—being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth—are not separate parts but inseparable expressions of His unified, simple, and perfect nature, each fully present and unchanging in every moment. Because God is outside of time and space, He is unaffected by creation and remains perfectly consistent in His character, making His knowledge, will, and promises eternally reliable. The lesson underscores that all divine attributes are simultaneously and fully true, reflecting a God who is self-sufficient, immutable, and the ultimate source of all reality, truth, and moral perfection.

The Only Living, True, Seeing, Strong, Sovereign God [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 115:1–8]

Why are believers brought low? Psalm 115:1–8 prepares us for the opening portion of public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that when believers are brought low, it is for the glory of God. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How All Things Happen [Theology Simply Explained: Westminster Shorter Catechism 8]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 8—especially explaining how God sovereignly carries out His own purposes, because He is a (the) true and living God.

Q8. How doth God execute His decrees? God executeth His decrees in the works of creation and providence.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Guarding Monotheism in Light of the Trinity [Westminster Shorter Catechism 6 — Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 6—especially explaining how we must guard true monotheism, as we think about the God Who has revealed Himself, in Christ, as Triune.

Q6. How many persons are there in the Godhead? There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Remembering that God, Not Myself, Is the Ultimate Reality [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 94:1–15]

What is the solution to agony over the wicked and their wickedness? Psalm 94:1–15 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these fifteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that those who learn from the Lord can be sure that the day of the godly’s rest and wicked’s judgment is coming. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The People of God Meet the God of the People: Yahweh Their Savior (2022.05.01 Evening sermon in Exodus 20:1–2)

The living God has taken to Himself a people to whom He speaks. That people must therefore respond to His Word as a means by which we know Him and by which He maintains us in our relationship to Him.

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A Glimpse of God at His Temple (Family Worship lesson in 1Kings 8:1–21)

What does God show about Himself at the inauguration of the temple? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. 1Kings 8:1–21 prepares us for the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-one verses, the Holy Spirit displays to us our God’s holiness, mercy, glory, faithfulness, and nearness!(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Fatherhood of God and the Fatherhood of Men (2022 Winter Theology Conference, Session 1 in Romans 8:13–15)

God's fatherly goodness (and other perfect, fatherly attributes) establish and enable the reflection of those attributes as the standard for earthly fathers.

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The God Who Makes the Difference (Family Worship in Exodus 8:20–32)

What does Yahweh make known about Himself in the fourth plague? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Exodus 8:20–32 prepares us for the opening portion of Morning Public Worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these thirteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that our God is a God of distinctions—especially in sovereign, electing mercy.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Triune Love Produced, Known, and Displayed in the Divinely Redeemed (Family Worship lesson in 1John 4:7–19)

In what way does true love display God? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. 1John 4:7–19 prepares us for the opening portion of Morning Public Worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these thirteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that genuine love is only that love which comes by new birth, because its source is that love that God has within Himself as Father, Son, and Spirit. We know that love because in giving the Son, He has given Himself. And, in giving the Spirit, He has given us the ability to know the Father and the Son and therefore to know the Divine love of God in giving the Son to become a propitiation, and therefore to become a Man so that He could die and atone for us. The only-begotten Son is the full display of God to us; and though not a full display, the Spirit-born love of believers is yet a true display of God in us. Of course, this Divine love has God Himself as its first and great object, so that when we see the Son on the judgment throne, our hearts will be so full of love to Him (for first loving us!) that there will be no room in our hearts on that day for fear. Hallelujah!(click audio title within player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Heard, Seen, and Known by the Holy God (Family Worship lesson in Exodus 2:23–3:9)

What do we need most, if we're going to be delivered from suffering? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. Exodus 2:23–3:9 prepares us for the first serial reading in the morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these twelve verses of holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that to be delivered from suffering, what we need most is safety from our holy God. He hears all our cries, and He sees all that we go through, and He knows our situation not from a distance but as the One Who has brought us near to Himself by covenant. It is the Christ of that covenant Who, by His blood, has made us safe in the presence of the holy God. Now, the holiness of God demands that we be delivered at last from all our sufferings.(click audio title in player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Allured to True Repentance by God's Gracious Character (2021.06.13 Morning Sermon in Joel 2:12–17)

The Lord makes us grieve our having turned from Him, so that seeing His gracious character we will turn to Him in the way that He says to do so. O turn to the Lord, entirely and sincerely, for His great graciousness is glorified by receiving You and blessing You, together with all that holy assembly, whom He has set apart for His own glory!

The God Whose Praise Provokes Our Prayers (Prayer Meeting Lesson in Psalm 9)

In Psalm 9, our confidence to pray and our goal in praying come from the praise of God's salvation, justice, eternality, and faithful mercy.

190125FW John 8:12-20 - Jesus Is the Only Light by Which We May Know God

An imperfect, but hopefully helpful, sample of a family worship lesson in John 8:12-20