Wednesday Tabletalk Study and Prayer:
Wednesday Evening’s Tabletalk Study meets at 6 PM
Come join us weekly at 6 pm for a study in the monthly magazine at the church. Enjoy learning and a time of fellowship…
Table Talk Study
Schedule for April 2024
The Potter’s Sovereignty over the Clay
The Potter’s Sovereignty over the Clay From Tabletalk Romans 9:1–24 “Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?” (v. 21). The emphasis on God’s sovereign and absolute...
The Struggle Within
Various strands of what we may call Christian perfectionism have existed throughout the history of the church. Although the different strands of Christian perfectionism have not agreed on all the details, those who…
A Lovely Dwelling Place
Some people enjoy looking at other people’s homes. They scan real estate websites, read architectural magazines, and watch shows on home renovation. For these kinds of people, looking at a beautiful home could…
The River That Flows Forever
The book of Ezekiel ends with a vision of a temple that is profound and mysterious, situated in a city with the name “The Lord Is There.” The radiant glory of God enters the visionary temple from the eastern gate and fills…
Planned Prayer
My mother recently posed an encouraging, convicting, and thought-provoking question: “Should I pray every day for everything on my prayer list, or is there a better way?” My mom acknowledged that with her…
Gospel Resilience
Living in a fallen world means an experience with suffering—disappointment, trouble, illness, death, and losses of varying degrees are intertwined with the joys of life. Some people have less, others more, but…
The Liberty Christ Hath Purchased
The liberty which Christ hath purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law; and, in their being delivered from this…
Unchanging Truth in a Changing World
Unchanging Truth in a Changing World by W. Robert Godfrey A television advertisement shows a cartoonish person walking with his head in a cloud or a fog or a ball of cotton. The tagline reads “The joy of certainty” as the cloud lifts and the figure walks on happily....
True Repentance unto Life
The concept of repentance is pervasive in Scripture, yet it can be difficult to define. On the one hand, repentance is the most natural thing sinners can do; on the other hand, repentance is a most spiritual thing…
Rejoicing in Suffering
Enemies of the gospel frequently try to suppress the spread of the gospel by persecuting the church. Such attempts at suppression by persecution go all the way back to the earliest days of the church…
We Are Not Our Own
Picture a gemologist holding up a large diamond pulled from a mountain of precious gems. John Calvin’s articulation of the essence of Christian living is like that. Deep in his Institutes of the Christian Religion, he writes, “Now the great…
The Fruit of the Holy Spirit
It sounds good. “The fruit of the Spirit.” So lively, so positive. We may speak of it, wish for it, even pray for it. Tragically, though, we might overlook or neglect it, perhaps deceived by a shallow Christianity…
I Believe in the Holy Spirit
Modern Bible translations are in the news these days, sometimes for controversial reasons. But one universal benefit of them is that the Holy Spirit is no longer referred to as “it.” Curiously, a…
