Pastor Sullivan's Blog

Grace and Peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The fifth commandment is deceptively simple: Don’t murder. Most hear the commandment and say that they’ve done that, or rather that they haven’t done that, and so fulfilled the commandment. While most aren’t murderers, many in our day openly support and defend murder and even call it a right. Abortion, the murder of a child in its mother’s womb, is now acceptable and defended in the public square as a woman’s right. In recent months this selfishness has reached new heights as politicians publicly defended infanticide. Years ago it was euthanasia, the “right” to die, to kill oneself rather than trusting God to remove you from this life when and where it pleases Him, who is the author of life. Murder has been around since Cain slew his brother Abel in the field. As our society becomes increasingly paganized and more people reject the natural law that God has written into their hearts, it becomes all th...

Grace and Peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Most everyone today thinks they are righteous. They wouldn’t use that word. They would use the word ‘good.’ And externally, many people are ‘good’ to a certain degree. They don’t murder or steal. They don’t commit adultery or perjure themselves in court. They don’t complain out loud. On top of all that they don’t do, they’re nice folk who work hard and for the most part mind their own business, at least in comparison to others. This is what passes for “good” and “righteous” in our day. The same mentality passed for righteousness in Jesus’ day. The scribes and the Pharisees thought they were righteous as long as they kept God’s Law externally. They didn’t murder or steal. They didn’t commit adultery or perjure themselves. They didn’t complain out loud. They were pious folk who stood on the street corners praying. They tithed a tenth of all their possessions. They went to the Temple as often as they cou...

Order of Holy Communion  - Pg. 15 Hymn #  295 The Law of God is Good and Wise Hymn #  287 That Man A Godly Life Might Live Hymn #  500 May God Bestow on Us His Grace Introit THE LORD || is the strength of His | peo- | ple *             He is the saving Refuge of | His | a- | noint- | ed. || Save Your people, and bless Your in- |  her-i-   ∙  | tance; * Shepherd them also, and bear them | up | for- | ev- | er.  (Psalm 28:8 paraphrase, 9) || To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock; do not be silent to | me, | - * Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go | down | to | the | pit. || Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to | You, | - *             When I lift up my hands toward Your holy | sanc- | tu- | ar- | y. || The Lord is my strength and my | shield; | - *      ...