Pastor’s Corner

For my Pastor’s Corner this month, I am sharing with you a very good devotional I read during Advent, but its message is applicable at any time.  The devotional was written by John Piper from his Advent Devotional entitled Joy to the World and it is taken from the December 16th reading.  The author applies the life of Joseph in …

Luke 1:30-33: “30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he …

The Reformed Episcopal Church is a Protestant Reformational Church. This month, I want to consider why the Protestant Reformation came about and what its main doctrinal emphases are. Martin Luther was a leading figure of the Protestant Reformation who lived from 1483-1546.  Various events in Luther’s life caused him to see that the Roman Catholic Church had lost its bearing …

“Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church wants to live out a Great Commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission.” This month I will focus on our Lord Jesus’ Great Commission to His Church. Matthew 28:16-20 says this, 16 But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. 18 And Jesus …

Mark 12:28-31 “28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all …

Romans 8:22,23 22 “For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.” The apostle Paul twice in these verses uses “groan” and “groans.”  He says that creation groans and that God’s children …

The meeting of the rich young ruler and Jesus from Matthew 19:16-18: “16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” 17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to Him, …

In Luke 2:25 we hear these words, “25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.” Simeon was waiting for the consolation of Israel, the relief, the solace, the Messiah. And yet Simeon had a sense of God’s peace and presence so …

Revelation 5:6 says, “And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.” Charles Spurgeon says this in his devotional classic entitled Morning and Evening for April 23rd, “Why …

Luke 24:44-47 says, “44 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise …

“8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.” (1 Peter 5:8,9) “And do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13) In these two passages, we …

Colossians 4:2-4 says this, “2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— 4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.” In this brief passage, the apostle …