Monday Update

Sunday’s Message continued our series on The Sermon on the Mount, and was about Jesus’ teaching on divorce in Matthew 5:31, 32, and 19: 3-12.

“In the church, the subject of divorce is one of the most sensitive, potentially hurtful and even offensive, topics that a minister can touch. Just as Social Security reform is the third rail of politics which lawmakers avoid for all they are worth lest they get burned, divorce is the topic that most preachers secretly dread to bring up because they know that in some respects it places them in a no-win situation.

“Despite the preacher’s best efforts to remain sensitive to people’s feelings, if he wishes to be faithful to the truth of God’s Word the topic of divorce never fails to stir up deep emotions such as sorrow or guilt or shame, or feelings of failure, or anger, or bitterness, or worse. If that were not bad enough, it is all too easy for preachers to fall into one of two serious errors when dealing with this subject: legalism and compromise.”

To Read or Print Out a copy of the meditation, click here.

To Download an audio file of the message, right-click here: Message 012212, select “Save Target As…” then save to your computer or MP3 device.

Here is the video of the message (you may need to turn up the volume on your computer):

My Sunday Morning Class began reading Anthony Lane’s much abridged and modernized edition of John Calvin’s “Institutes of the Christian Religion.”

This was the first class using the new camera and microphones which were added so that class members’ comments could be heard online.

Many thanks to everyone who donated to this project. We were able to buy a good quality camera and mikes and still come in about $20 under the amount raised. Special thanks for the donation of the mixer!

As it happens, the new camera records in a format which is not supported by the movie-editing program that I use. After reading about this issue online I decided not to download one of the free file-converter programs (too risky) or pay money for one which would only add another level of complexity to the operation. Instead, I bought a new movie-editor program. As soon as it arrives I will upload the class video.

To Download an audio file of the class, right-click here: Calvin 012212, select “Save Target As…” then save t0 your computer or MP3 device.

The Class Video will posted later this week.