CTK Lord's Day Worship

“Thou shalt not kill.” — Exodus 20:13

Series: Law Homilies

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“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” — Exodus 20:12

Series: Law Homilies

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God prepares His people in secret and calls them to act in public. In Esther 5, the king's sceptre is extended not because Esther was fearless, but because the Lord governs even the eyes and hand of a pagan king. His providence works on the hinges between days — and pride, for all its schemes, can only build the instrument of its own destruction.

Preacher: Derrick Taylor

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"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." — Exodus 20:8–11

Series: Law Homilies

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Preacher: Derrick Taylor

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Pride is never satisfied. In Esther 3, Haman couldn't tolerate one man's refusal to bow—so he plotted genocide against an entire people. But here's the irony: the very lots he cast to time Jewish destruction gave God 11 months to orchestrate their deliverance. When evil seems to be winning, Christians know that God is working for their good.

Preacher: Derrick Taylor

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Taking the Lord’s name in vain reaches far beyond casual profanity to include vows, promises, and spiritual speech that treat God as light, distant, or a tool for our own purposes. Drawing from Ecclesiastes 5, the message exposes the danger of “vows of vanity” in worship, church membership, marriage, parenting, and crisis prayers—words that sound pious but are careless, manipulative, or quickly forgotten. In light of the perfect obedience of Christ, who never took His Father’s name in vain and kept covenant perfectly for covenant‑breakers, God’s people are called to reverent speech, sober promises, faithful follow‑through, and honest repentance.

"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." — Exodus 20:7

Title: Vows of Vanity

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Every generation inherits a battlefield. Will we fight with faith, or follow the failures of those before us? In Esther 3, what looks like a petty court conflict is actually cosmic warfare—the ancient enmity between God's people and His enemies resurfaces when Haman the Agagite rises to power. Centuries earlier, King Saul spared Agag in half-hearted obedience, and now his descendants face the consequences.

Our compromises today echo into our children's lives. But here's the good news: the serpent has been crushed at Calvary. Christ has already won the decisive victory, so we don't fight for victory—we fight from victory. Your fathers sacrificed greatly for you, and Jesus Christ died freely for you. Now walk worthy of the gospel He won. Let your manner of life honor what was purchased at such a price.

Preacher: Derrick Taylor

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The Second Commandment charges us not only to flee obvious idols but also to guard against every corruption of God’s appointed worship. It reveals how God jealously opposes false religion and appoints officers to maintain purity and discipline in His house. Furthermore, it binds His people to tear down monuments of idolatry, submit to lawful shepherds, and seek a congregation where Word, sacrament, and discipline are ordered by Scripture alone.

"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." — Exodus 20:4–6

Series: Law Homilies

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This Sunday we concluded our first walk through the Ten Commandments by examining what may be the most penetrating of them all: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house... nor any thing that is thy neighbour's" (Exodus 20:17).

While the first nine commandments deal primarily with outward actions, this final commandment goes straight to our inner life. As the Apostle Paul testified in Romans 7, it was this very commandment that exposed the depth of his sin — showing that sin isn't just about what we do, but about what we desire.

This teaching explores how coveting manifests in everyday Christian life — in our marriages, parenting, careers, and especially in our social-media saturated culture. We examine why coveting is not merely a feeling but a sin against God's sovereignty and goodness, and how the gospel provides the only true answer: Learning to treasure Christ above all else and finding contentment in what God has given us.

Series: Law Homilies

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