Did you notice the date of this week’s newsletter? 09-09-09. I’m quite sure those numbers have no specific biblical significance. I just find such calendar anomalies intriguing.
I’m in a tizzy. I can’t make up my mind. Lord willing, this coming Sunday we will look at our Lord’s parable in Luke 19.11-27. But after that . . . I’m not sure.
Luke 19.28 begins the final week of Jesus’ earthly ministry prior to His resurrection. Therefore, I’d like to wait until the first of the year to continue our examination of the third Gospel. That might provide us with the opportunity to preach about our Lord’s arrest, trial, crucifixion, burial and resurrection closer to the time we celebrate Easter.
Our normal pattern is to focus on advent during the month of December. That leaves approximately seven or eight more Sundays when I will be preaching before we begin to celebrate the Christmas season.
Obviously, whatever I pick, it will have to be a limited number of verses or a particular theme of biblical theology. I’m telling you all of this, so you might ask the Lord to provide me with a sense of His leading.
I would like to teach the book of James or Daniel. If you plan to attend the ladies Bible Study on Thursday morning, I’d be glad to hear your suggestions.
In the weeks to come we have some wonderful opportunities for worship and praise. This Sunday evening, Dr. Bill Higgins is preaching. Sunday evening, September 20, the ladies will meet in Schum Hall, while the men gather in the sanctuary. We do this about once a year. It allows us to address particular issues that most concern men, and likewise, women.
The last Sunday evening in October is our annual combined worship service for the PCA churches in the Chattanooga area. Again, we will be meeting here at CPC. Dr. Kelly Kapic, Professor of Biblical Studies at Covenant College, is the speaker.
November 13-15 are the dates of our annual missions conference. Sunday the 15th, the Rev. Aaron Messner, Chaplain of Covenant College, will be preaching in both morning and evening services. Before coming to CC, Rev. Messner served as an associate pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.
All the while, Pastor Mullinax and I will continue to preach Sunday mornings and evenings.
I know that all of these individuals would join with me in asking you for your prayers on our behalf. Whatever is taught and preached from the pulpit of our church, may it be honoring to our Lord and of eternal worth to you His people because it is according to His Truth. Amen.