Category Archives: THE LORD’S DAY (SABBATH)

Heavenly Overtones

Music is designed with a melody that runs throughout the whole piece.  Other parts add harmony.  The melody is the beginning, and the ending.  It is what holds the piece together.  Lose the melody or make it a monotone—the same … Continue reading

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The Law of the Lord is Perfect

We do an email newsletter, Musical Notations, for our church congregation in which we include the songs that will be sung the next Lord’s Day.  We provide a download for a Song Sheet which includes the text for each of … Continue reading

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Celebration of a Life

(Stay with me—the best wine is reserved for last.) Our children and grandchildren came today to celebrate the birthday of our youngest child, our daughter, Lee. For more than forty years we have witnessed what God, our heavenly Father, has … Continue reading

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Observation of the Sabbath

“It is a gross mistake to consider the Sabbath as a mere festival of the Jewish Church, deriving its whole sanctity from the Levitical law.  The abrogation of that law no more releases the worshippers of God from the observation … Continue reading

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Profaning the Sabbath

“My soul, how hast thou profaned that day thy God hath sanctified! How hast thou encroached on that which Heaven hath set apart!  If thy impatience cannot act a Sabbath twelve hours, what happiness canst thou expect in a perpetual … Continue reading

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The Lord’s Day ~ The Christian’s Day of Deliverance

“The Christian as well as the Jew, after six days spent in his own works, is to sanctify the seventh, that he may profess himself thereby a servant of God, the Creator of heaven and earth.  For the quotum the … Continue reading

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Psalm 84 ~ How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place

PSALM 84 How lovely is your dwelling place,     O Lord of hosts!  My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she … Continue reading

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Celebration of a Resurrection

Many people have come to this particular Lord’s Day with thoughts of honoring or celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  For some it is simply a season which is called Easter. A lot of time and money is spent on  this … Continue reading

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The Fullness of God in One Body

What is missing when we neglect to meet with God’s people for corporate worship? A part of the body of Christ is missing.  Imagine that one of your fingers separated itself from your body or could decide on its own … Continue reading

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The Eternal Sabbath

Let us not “neglect to meet together” with God’s people to worship on this Lord’s Day—keeping in mind the words of Trelcatius 1542-1602. “Shall we not esteem the days of this life very short, if we compare them with the … Continue reading

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