In the sermon text for this Lord’s Day (Luke 22:54-62), Luke shifts the focus of the story from Jesus to Peter. The one disciple who declared his undying allegiance to Jesus and who was ready to defend Jesus with his life now cowers in fear while Jesus is interrogated and sorely abused. As Jesus foretold,…
This Lord’s Day we will observe the Lord’s Supper. On these occasions we build build the entire worship service around the Table. In our upcoming service we will explain many of the things that happen when the church gathers for Communion.
What a wonderful word is this term, ‘confess.’ In John’s language the idea meant, “to say the same thing.” Confession means that we acknowledge our sin and lay it before God—but more than that; it means to side with God against our sin. “I speak with God in condemnation of this action or attitude or…