Covenant Protestant Reformed Church
Ballymena
Rev. Angus Stewart
Lord’s Day, 3 May, 2009
"Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep
the testimony of thy mouth" (Ps. 119:88)
Morning Service - 11:00 AM
The Two Mountains (3)
Mount Sion and Mount Sinai: The Exhortation [download]
Hebrews 12:25-29
I. The Warning of No Escape
II. The Shaking of Heaven and Earth
III. The Calling to Godly Fear
Psalms: 77:14-19; 25:1-7; 114:1-7; 102:19-28 (AOS)
Evening Service - 6:00 PM
Vessels in a Big House [download]
II Timothy 2:20-21
I. The Meaning
II. The Calling
Psalms: 63:1-8; 25:8-14; 101:1-8; 26:1-8
Contact Sean Courtney (covenantreformedaudiostore@yahoo.co.uk) for CDs of the sermons and DVDs of the worship services.
CPRC website: www.cprc.co.uk
Quote to Consider:
John Owen on Hebrews 12:26-27: "This is the conclusion of the whole argumentative part of this epistle, that which was aimed at from the beginning. Having fully proved the excellency of the gospel, and state of the church therein, above that under the law, and confirmed it by an examination of all the concernments of the one and the other, as we have seen; he now declares from the Scripture, according to his usual way of dealing with those Hebrews, that all the ancient institutions of worship, and the whole church-state of the old covenant, were now to be removed and taken away; and that to make way for a better state, more glorious, and that which should never be obnoxious to change or alteration" (Hebrews, vol. 7, pp 366-367).
Announcements (subject to God’s will):
We welcome Nuno and Alina Pinheiro from Portugal to our worship services.
The second offering this morning is for our building fund.
The Beacon Lights are on the back table today, as is a missionary letter from Rev. Smit about the Philippines.
The Council meets tomorrow evening at 7:30 at the manse.
Rev. and Mary Stewart travel to S. Wales this week Thursday. Rev. Stewart will give a lecture on "Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation - The Geneva Years." Please remember this witness and the saints in S. Wales in your prayers.
The Reformed Witness Hour next Lord’s Day (8:30-9:00 AM, on Gospel 846MW), is entitled "Women Walking Worthy" (Eph. 4:1).
Family visitation starts next week.
Upcoming Lectures:
Limerick, Saturday, 30 May, 7:30 PM - Calvin’s Doctrine of Justification
Lisbon, Portugal, Wednesday, 3 June - Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation (I)
Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday, 4 June - Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation (II)
Portadown Town Hall, Friday, 12 June, 8:15 PM - Calvin vs. Darwin: Anniversaries, Origins and Worldviews
Limerick, Friday, 19 June, 7:30 PM - Calvin vs. Darwin: Anniversaries, Origins and Worldviews
Ballymena, Friday, 10 July, 8 PM - Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation (I)
Ballymena, Friday, 17 July, 8 PM - Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation (II)
Offerings: General Fund - £605.28. Donations: £500 (Building Fund).
Website Additions: 3 Russian translations (half of Rev. Hanko’s book, Doctrine According to Godliness) were added.
PRC News: Rev. D. Kleyn (Holland, MI) accepted the call to be the 2nd missionary to the Philippines. Covenant of Grace PRC (Spokane, WA) called Rev. R. Kleyn (Trinity, MI). The P.R. Seminary has licensed Nathan Decker, Brian Huizinga, and Jonathan Mahtani to give a word of edification in the churches.