Here are a sampling of evidences of fruit borne in our midst by your investment in the Lord’s work at Trinity. Your gifts have helped us in fulfilling our mission of gathering more worshippers for the Lord. We regularly see 400+ worshippers during at our Sunday services at Trinity. Our desire in the future is … Continue reading Ministry Progress Report
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Worship Reflections based upon The Rich Man and Lazarus
Of all the winds that blow on love, The demand for money is the coldest and most destructive. - Gustave Flaubert A reversal at the outset of the story is that the beggar is given a name and the rich man is not. That single fact ought to alert us that the story we are … Continue reading Worship Reflections based upon The Rich Man and Lazarus
Here’s the Best, Heart-Warming, Joy-Filled, Rest-Inducing Summary of TULIP
Recently my 18 year-old daughter ask me for a summary of what we call the doctrines of grace. I love the summary below because it is pastoral, practical, God exalting, man humbling, and, most of all, true to Scripture. Total Depravity: “We all struggle with our total depravity that reminds us that we are not … Continue reading Here’s the Best, Heart-Warming, Joy-Filled, Rest-Inducing Summary of TULIP
If You Ever Wonder What To Pray for Our Church
Here's a bullet point list of things we prayed for our church at this week's vespers service. Paul’s words to the Sanhedrin in Acts 23:1 remind us that a “clean conscience” is available to even the worst sinner who trusts in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins and the cleansing of his conscience. Pray that … Continue reading If You Ever Wonder What To Pray for Our Church
Coram Deo – Devotional Guide through Acts 23
Coram Deo - Acts 23- Click on this hyperlink to the left for a pdf file of this devotional guide. Coram Deo is a Latin phrase which translated means "in the presence of God." To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in God’s presence, under God’s authority, and for God’s glory. Coram … Continue reading Coram Deo – Devotional Guide through Acts 23
What kind of Christians are we attempting to develop at Trinity
Christians whose lives display the following features: Doxology, the habit taught and modeled by Paul of constantly praising God and giving him thanks; Humility, the downward growth that comes by dwelling on the free, boundless,, almighty grace of God that achieves the salvation of sinners, including oneself, through the atoning death of the Lord Jesus … Continue reading What kind of Christians are we attempting to develop at Trinity
The Kingdom Use of Unrighteous Mammon (Luke 16:9)
The below is taken from Richard Foster in his book The Challenge of a Disciplined Life: Christian Reflections on Money, Sex and Power. How do we use mammon (all of our material resources) to serve God? How do we master mammon and serve God? How do you make your money count for the kingdom of God? Resolve … Continue reading The Kingdom Use of Unrighteous Mammon (Luke 16:9)
C.S. Lewis On Giving
In Luke 6:38, Jesus says, "Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you." Charity - giving to the poor - is an essential part of Christian morality... I do not … Continue reading C.S. Lewis On Giving
Treasure the Returning King – Luke 19:11-27
Click below for a devotional guide for this Sunday's sermon from Luke 19:11-27. Treasure the Returning King
Demands and Delights of Advancing the Gospel (Romans 16:1-16)
Demands of Advancing the Gospel 1. It demands sacrifice and hard work (vv. 1-2, 6, 12 - Tryphaena and Tryphosa, v.12 - Persis - "who has worked hard in the Lord") 2. It demands taking risk (v.4) 3. It demands a willingness to suffer (v.7 - fellow prisoners) Delights of Advancing the Gospel 1. With … Continue reading Demands and Delights of Advancing the Gospel (Romans 16:1-16)
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