Archives for June 2018

This post is based on C.J. Mahaney's sermon, Salvation Belongs to the Lord,given on June 24, 2018. What is your favorite song? What words would you use to describe that song? Well, would it surprise you that of the songs in the book of Psalms, about 1/3rd of them are songs of "lament"? The ESV study bible states that the primary goal of these psalms are to "lay a troubl...

"David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered." 2 Samuel 15:30 "My glory is an expression to ponder: it indicates the honor of serving such a mastercertainly the comparative unimportance of earthly esteem, [is] always transient and fickle." Derek Kidner "The God-centeredness of his gaze keeps him steady while his...

"The Psalmist does not ascend into the chair to dispute after the manner of the Philosophers, and to deliver his discourse in a style of studied oratory; but, as if he had escaped from hell, he proclaims with a loud voice, and with impassioned feeling, that he had obtained the victory." -John Calvin "There were crowns for the reprobates and crosses for the elect. Strange ...

This post is based on Brian Chesemore's sermon, Truly God Is Good,given on June 17, 2018. We had a great opportunity on Sunday to hear Pastor Brian teach us from Psalm 73 about an all-too-common temptation we face the temptation to be jealous of the world. We saw on Sunday Asaph's struggle with looking at all the apparent fun and easiness of life from the world (everyo...

This post is based on C.J. Mahahey's sermon, Hope Realized,given on June 10, 2018. Over the last 5 weeks, Pastor CJ has been faithfully teaching us through the book of Ruth and we have observed God's hidden hand at work in the lives of each character in the book. Pastor CJ was keen to remind us that the book of Ruth is meant to convince us of God's kindness. He taught u...

Two weeks ago was a bittersweet gathering for Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville as we said goodbye to the 2018 Sovereign Grace Pastors College students. These 10 men have become a part of our church family over the past 10 months and although we are excited excited to see how the Lord will use them for His glory, we are also saddened that they will be leaving Louisville...

"Those who give themselves away outside marriage forfeit a depth of pleasure that only those know who wait for the Lord." John Piper "This is the narrator's modest way of identifying a miracle; she who had been unable to bear a child for Mahlon has conceived for Boaz." Daniel Block "At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a stra...

"The fact that sovereignty works secretly and hiddenly adds to its interest and mystique and should also be comforting to us." Dale Ralph Davis "The irony is that by seeking to protect his future legacy in this way, [he] ended up leaving himself nameless, missing out on having a share in the biggest legacy of all; a place in God's plan of salvation." Iain Duguid "If anyo...