Sunday, July 5, 2015: AMPsalm 6 Why is it important that David is calling on God as his covenant Lord?How do we see the presence of God's fatherly discipline in this psalm? Why should we be thankful for that discipline?How does David pursue reconciliation and peace? How is this instructive for us?Why does David display great confidence at the end of the psalm?Why can we h...

Sunday, June 21, 2015: AMPsalm 5 What is the basis for David's access to God?How do we see the personal nature of David's relationship to God? Why is this important?What is God's attitude towards evil? Why?What does it mean that God has steadfast love (hesed)?How does Psalm 5 teach us to take comfort in God? Sunday, June 21 2015: PMNehemiah 4 What is the historical cont...

Charleston Shootings the Grace of God Our beloved Charleston community is full of tears and profound sadness today after the detestable and violent murders at the historic Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun Street. Dylann Roof, a twenty-one year old, attended the church's prayer meeting for an hour before opening fire on the congregation. Roof brutally murdered nine people, i...

CCP Prayers and Thanksgiving Last Lord's Day we were reminded from Psalm 4 that our faithful and merciful God hears and answers the prayers of his redeemed children. He cares deeply for us. Also, sincere prayer demonstrates a humble reliance upon the Lord. We are never spiritually stronger than when we engage in Spirit-filled, Christ-mediated, Word-directed prayer. Prayer...

Dearest Flock, God, in his mysterious and timely providence, has provided a new musical accompanist for Christ Church Presbyterian. Mr. Josh Nichols and his wife Anna are moving from Virginia to Charleston this week. They have a beautiful one-year old baby girl named Alina. A gifted pianist and organist, Josh has a B.A. in Music Performance from Belhaven University, and ...

Sunday, June 14, 2015: AMPsalm 4 What was so difficult and tragic about David's situation?What should be the Christian's instinctive response to suffering? Why?What three things characterize David's prayer? How should these things characterize our prayers as well?Why is David confident in prayer?Why can David have true joy and peace amidst his circumstances? Sunday, June...

Foundations of a Welcoming Church We all like to feel welcome, don't we? Whether it's at home, school, work, church, with friends, or on the athletic field, it's an encouragement to be warmly welcomed by others. Alternatively, it is a real discouragement to be overlooked, ignored, or shunned especially at church. Many of us have had the experience of visiting an unwelcom...

Seven Reasons Why We Do Not Delight In God Andrew Gray (1634-56) was a gifted Scottish preacher who died and went to be with Christ at the tender age of 22. He left a deep impression on all those who knew him and heard him proclaim God's truth. James Durham once said that with his preaching "he could make men's hair stand on end." Gray's sermons are published by Reformati...

Sunday, May 24th, 2015: AMPsalm 2 How do the nations rage against God? How do we as individuals do the same?Why does God laugh at the nations? Why should this encourage us?How does Psalm 2 point to Christ?What does it mean to "kiss the Son"?What are the consequences of how we respond to the Son-King? Sunday, May 24th 2015: PMPsalm 119:97-105 What is antinomianism? What ...

Alan Jacobs, in his delightful little book entitled The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), challenges the notion that reading good literature improves a person's character. He quotes the eighteenth-century scientist G.C. Lichtenberg who wrote, "A book is like a mirror: if a [donkey] looks in, you can't expect an apostle t...