Posts by John Stasse (Page 4)

As I write I am also watching the uploaded streaming of Sarah and Robert’s wedding. What a blessing to be involved with them and to serve them in this way. I know you all join with me in prayer for the Lord’s blessing on their married life, their growth in the Lord’s grace together, their developing usefulness in serving the Lord together, as well as for their parents and…

How’s your sense of ‘community’? Carl Trueman, Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in the USA, recently observed how swiftly things change in the sense of community – ‘Strange to tell, it was only a month ago that the nightly news was seasoned with inspiring stories of communities coming together in countless acts of kindness toward the…

This week we were considering God’s omniscience – that He is all knowing. This is an necessary reality if God is truly God, but it is also a staggering one. Listen to David in Psalm 139:1-5, 1     O Lord, You have searched me and known me.2     You know my sitting down and my rising up;You understand my thought afar…

How’s this week been for you, your family, your circle of Christian friends, or friends in general? It’s certainly been a tough one for the world, and that does not seem to be relenting any time soon. Maybe it has been a tough one for you. I know in many ways it has been a tough one for me personally. So where do we go, what do we do when as Christians are called to face…

As one reads the Psalms one knows they are songs, yet it is obvious they are prayers and we often use them in our prayers, as our prayers. And when we see or remember that, we are struck by how prayer (and praise) flows out of a wonderment with God as He has revealed Himself to us. And when we read the psalms, when we sing the Psalms, prayer seems to come naturally to us…

Ever had a ‘Stevie Wonder’-call? I hadn’t even heard of that before – till Alistair Begg spoke of it…

As we gather for worship for the first time in 2020 we do so knowing that a New Year is often greeted with an expectation of change…

How often do we need reminding about things? Reminders about things we tend to forget help us do the things we’re meant to do. What about the reminders of the TRUTH? It is really important to keep reminding each other and yourself that God is God and that he is faithful, loving, merciful etc… We (I) need reminding of this. There is ample evidence in the Bible that they…

Trials – a context for Joy or Sin? The notes by Joel Beeke in Reformation Heritage Bible on James 1:2-3, 12–15 are helpful. “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience…” Believers are to respond to trials with joy, not because of the pain of the trials, but because of what God works…

TWO SIMPLE WORDS, ONE RADICAL CHANGE “Follow Me.” (Matthew 4:19) In vv.15-16 Matthew quotes Isaiah 9:1-2 to declare that Jesus is the light of the world and the hope for all people. He then records how Jesus was “teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people” (v. 23). The ministry…