At the outset of the grand gospel drama, we are introduced to five characters: John the author, John the washer, the world which is largely lost & dark, God’s own people who are in this world, and the Light / Life who is either worshiped or rejected.

The Word of God is the door that transforms us into the image of God by faith. This is the attitude and approach we must have as we examine Scripture, particularly as we prepare to study the narrative God lays out in the book of Genesis.

John chose to open his Gospel with the same two words that open Genesis (in Greek), and he thrice highlighted Jesus as “the Logos,” a startling claim among Greeks. John also displayed Jesus as eternal, personal, relational, and the sustaining Power under all things.

In line with John’s own statement of purpose for his Gospel, we will rejoice to see Jesus as THE Christ (Messiah), THE Son of God (God the Son), that by believing in Jesus as THE Provision for all we need, we will enjoy real life in His name. Enjoy the journey!

The condition of sinners is not merely a spiritual sickness, as that would imply we could heal ourselves of this condition. Rather, sinners find themselves dead in their sins - a condition that requires divine intervention to be healed from. And God, because of His great mercy, has provided that divine intervention for us in the person of Jesus Christ so that we might live and have our identity in Him.

Our guest preacher today is Dr. Eliah Massey, a Pakistani missionary and founder of the Urdu Center for Reformed Theology.

The Psalms describe the Church’s shared experience across the old and new covenants, and nowhere is this more evident than in Psalm 118. The same words that Israel sung as they remembered their deliverance from slavery in Egypt, we can sing as we remember our deliverance from slavery to sin.

Our guest preacher today is Stan Copeland, a retired pastor in the RPCNA from Quinter, Kansas.

This lone psalm/prayer of Moses is also a wilderness song, with sad realities of an Ecclesiastes-type life. Can there be comfort, purpose, and hope out there in the wild places?

This “refugee Psalm” cries out to God with a healthy desperation we’d be wise to emulate. May God give US the life & breath to cry up to Him, that His face may shine on us again, and we will be saved.

In Christ, God is with us, before us, and before us in life’s trials & temptations.

Our guest preacher this week is Benjamin Campbell, a minister currently licensed in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and is a candidate in our search for an associate pastor/pastoral intern.

The seven “enthronement psalms,” and all psalms really, emphasize God’s sovereign glory and universal kingship. Details matter: What kind of royal is God and how does that impact His people & realm?