Who Are My Brethren? (More Hard Lessons Learned) Today and everyday, I need to remember that in light of my own felt weakness and sinful folly, and in light of the long-suffering and loving-kindness of God towards *all* of His elect, when it comes to those who uncompromisingly profess the Gospel truth, and who are…
Category: 04. Experimentalism
What is of Christ and What is of the Devil…
What is of Christ and What is of the Devil… or, Striving to Forsake the Things of This Sin-Cursed World These last few months for me were quite cold and carnal; I wasn’t going about sinning openly in some notorious sense but such mental (and yet spiritual) sin as disdain, murmuring, pride, lust, rebellion, indifference,…
(Study Notes) Proverbs 1:2
Proverbs 1:2 Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be…
Speak To The Rock
Speak To The Rock Pastor Jesse Gistand Audio sermon 11/05/2006 – 67m Numbers 20:1-13 Numbers 20:1-13 Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation:…
Gross Darkness
Gross Darkness Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.…
Waiting and Understanding
Personal Blog 3 Waiting and Understanding 2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord… Personal blog 3 of over 700 posts; what does that say? I guess I cannot really analyze it at this point; too many of my thoughts now revolve around the reality that I have never personally known anyone who has died in…
What Really Matters
What Really Matters Temporal things have temporal appeal; they can satisfy only temporarily. Many hardships exist in this world and we can turn to many things for comfort and peace. We can focus on music, photography, paintings. There are many academic topics from which to choose: the hard sciences, the social sciences, philosophy, mathematics, the…
Thou Art The Man
Thou Art The Man Brother Ian Potts Audio sermon Sunday – 8/18/2013 50 min. | 2 Samuel 12:7-13 2 Samuel 12:7-13 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul. And I gave…
Mine Enemies Speak Evil Of Me (by Brother Ian Potts)
Mine Enemies Speak Evil Of Me Brother Ian Potts Audio sermon The Lord’s Day – 06/3o/2013 46 min | Psalm 41:5 Psalm 41:1-13 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he…
I Have Loved You (by Brother Ian Potts)
I Have Loved You Brother Ian Potts Audio sermon The Lord’s Day – 06/23/2013 52 min | Malachi 1:2-3 Malachi 1:2-3 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his…
Spiritual Wrestlings 