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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, February 8 (based on Psalm 21)
ETERNAL GOD, the only author of all good things, since it hath pleased thee to receive us into the communion of thy well-beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, suffer us not in any wise to be overcome of...
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RTS Jackson Closed – Thursday, March 5
To RTS Jackson Students: Due to weather conditions the campus is CLOSED today, Thursday, March 5.
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Three Preachers to Whom I Owe Much
Thirty-five years ago I finished college and began preaching full-time. For a year, I served as student pastor of Wales Presbyterian Church in Tennessee, a congregation in the old Southern...
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A Brief Definition of True Christianity
“We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord...
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Welcome to RTS Jackson!
What a treat to have Nathan Henderson on campus today exploring opportunities to study at RTS Jackson! I was Nathan’s pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. Nathan is...
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Cremation or Burial: Does It Matter?
More and more Christians choose cremation instead of burial. The reasons vary. For some it is a matter of hygiene, for others it is the only option available; still others choose cremation for...
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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, April 26 (based on Psalm 46)
O LORD, the only refuge and strength of all them who put their trust in thee, we beseech thee of thy goodness to fortify us, and to destroy the devices of the wicked in such sort that we may live in...
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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, May 31 (based on Psalm 77)
“ETERNAL GOD, the only refuge of comfortless creatures, hear our payers and requests, and forget not to show thy mercy upon us. Lord, give us grace in such sort to acknowledge thy marvelous works which...
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D-Day – June 6, 1944
Today is the 71st anniversary of D-Day, the commencement of the Allied invasion of continental Europe. Within a year, Hitler was dead and the Nazi reign of terror over. President Ronald Reagan’s 1984...
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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, June 14 (based on Psalm 81)
“O HEAVENLY FATHER, who never ceasest to pour thy benefits upon thy children, although by our ingratitude we have often and many times provoked thy fury against us, yet, we pray thee, remember the...
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Visiting the Sick
When ministers visit the flock, they bring the ministry of the word to homes, hospitals, prisons, and any other place where God’s people find themselves in need of a pastor’s care. Ministers should...
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Prayer Meeting at Grace Chapel (Thursday, 4pm)
Dear RTS Jackson Family – Grace Chapel will be open at 4:00 this afternoon to pray for Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, and for its many grieving friends and members. I hope you can join us. Yours in...
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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, June 21 (based on Psalm 85)
O LORD, who never leavest imperfect that which thou hast begun, although our wickedness and unthankfulness deserve that we should be deprived of all thy benefits, nevertheless we beseech thee of thy...
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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, July 5 (based on Psalm 90)
ETERNAL GOD, the only refuge of the afflicted, seeing that the shortness of this present life admonishes us to turn ourselves away from earthly things and to have our meditation on heavenly matters,...
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RTS Jackson Fourth of July Cookout
Lynne and I enjoyed hosting our students and their families this afternoon.
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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, July 12 (based on Psalm 91)
ETERNAL GOD, who makest all things to turn for the best to them that love thee, and who preservest and keepest all those who commit themselves to thy protection, grant us of thy bountiful grace that we...
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Thirty Years in Ministry
Thirty years ago today I was ordained to the gospel ministry at Faith Presbyterian Church in Morganton, North Carolina. You only get one first church, and this one couldn’t have been better. Loving and...
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Remembering a Seminarian’s Courage
Fifty years ago today VMI graduate and Episcopal theological student Jon Daniels was murdered in Hayneville, Alabama. A New Hampshire native, Daniels spent much of the spring and summer of 1965 working...
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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, September 6 (based on Psalm 112)
“MOST LOVING FATHER, without whose blessing we are altogether poor and miserable creatures imprint thy holy Word on all our hearts, in such sort that our whole pleasure and delight may be to serve thee...
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“The Love That Forgives”– Remembering September 15, 1963
Persecution of Christians is not a phenomenon that only touches the lives of believers in other parts of the world, but is a sad part of our own nation’s history. Fifty-two years ago today Denise...
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