Poetry as a Lens for the World
Last Wednesday Dr. Robert Erle Barham delivered a masterful talk at Covenant College, Seeing the World Through Poetry. Dr. Barham is associate professor of English at Covenant College who studied at UMC-Chapel Hill and Queen’s...
This week I’d like to share some worthwhile resources. We know that the Holy Spirit guides us in prayer (Rom. 8.26; Gal. 4.6; Jn. 14.16), and we know that Scripture warns against praying mindlessly (Mt. 6.7) and growing lax in our prayer...
Last Thursday evening we invited Al Dayhoff to speak to us on evangelism. Al is the founder of Evangelize Today and was invited by our presbytery to lead an all-day workshop on evangelism. I am happy to a part of a presbytery that spends time...
On Sunday, Jan. 12, we will rejoin our preaching series from Romans. Prior to the Advent season we made our way through the end of Romans 11. We begin again with Romans 12.1-2. In October of last year, Sinclair Ferguson and Ian Hamilton...
It may be premature, even anti-spiritual to some, to be looking ahead to the New Year when the season of Advent has just started. You may ask, “Why speed up time? Settle down. Relax.” In the words of Polish...
Gwilym Davies and Reading Scripture
One of my very favorite preachers, Dr. Liam Goligher of Tenth Presbyterian (PCA) in Philadelphia, recently shared an article written by Dr. Craig Carter of Tyndale University, Toronto. I mentioned this article in my Midweek class...
Notes from Pastor John Jones . . .
2019 Annual Congregational Meeting
A special thanks to all who were able to attend our Annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday, December 1. Thank you, members, regular attendees, and curious visitors, for staying. For those unable to attend, you missed not only our meeting, but...
1st Sunday in Advent Sunday the 1st: Genesis 1.26-31 The Creation of Man Monday the 2nd: Genesis 3.1-24 The Fall and the First Promise...
“The good news for the members of the graduating class who plan to enter the ordained ministry is that you don’t have to invent your own Gospel. All of the church hopes you will be imaginative and resourceful. It doesn’t...
