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President's Chapel | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021


The Lord's Prayer

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021


Meals with the Lord | Luke 14:12-24

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021


Stay Dressed for Action and Keep you Lamps Burning | Isaiah 25:6-9 and Luke 12:35-38

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021


To Eat of the Tree of Life | Revelation 2:7

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021


For a church facing cultural and doctrinal pressure it is easy to be sharp in doctrine but dull in love for the lost. Eating of the tree that gives life is the promised solution held out by the risen Christ. 

As You Wish | Hebrews 12:28

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021


In this devotional we explore what it means to pray for our Father's kingdom to come and his will to be done. We recognize that we are asking that the kingdom which Jesus inaugurated in his first coming will be consummated in his second coming. We are praying for our Father to grow us in grace and conform us to the image of Jesus in our affections, actions, and volitions. May we love and serve him and our neighbors faithfully and fruitfully through the Spirit.

A Redeemer is Born | Exodus 2:1-10

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021


There is a temptation in the desperate moments of our lives to let fear give way to doubt.  But Exodus 2:1-10 shows us that God can be trusted in the darkest of times.  He is working powerfully on our behalf to bring a Savior, and deliver us from our slavery to sin.  

An Uncomfortable Table | Psalm 23:5-6

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021


We will consider the outcome of the meal the Lord prepares for us in the presence of our enemies.

Meals with the Lord | Leviticus 3:1-5

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021


Within the Tabernacle, the Lord set a regular table for his covenant people to enjoy peace and joy with God and to have a foretaste of better things to come.  

Hallowed Be Thy Name - The Lord's Prayer | Genesis 11:1-9

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021


This devotional explores the first petition of the Lord's Prayer, "Hallowed be your name." When we make this request we are asking for God's grace to enable us to rightly honor the Lord for who he is, what has done, and what he is doing in and through us. We ask that what we think, do, and say will be informed by his words and works and directed towards his glory.

The Galilean | John 21:1-14

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021


At the close of his Gospel account, John describes the disciples having breakfast on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. After the tumultuous events of Calvary and the empty tomb, this may strike us an insignificant or anti-climatic event to record. Is it?

A Childlike Trust - The Lord's Prayer | Matthew 6:5-13

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021


This message addresses the 'who' of prayer. We do not pray to an unknown or unknowable deity. We do not pray to an indifferent or aloof God. Rather, Christians pray to Our Father. The one who loves, creates, redeems, rescues, and renews us in Christ through his Holy Spirit. We are his  beloved children and he is our heavenly father.

Eating Christ: What, Why and How | John 6:53-56

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021


Because communing with God was the goal of our creation, the story of Scripture begins with instructions on what and what not to eat. Throughout the history of salvation, the Lord signified and sealed his salvation of his people with a meal. In John 6:53-56, however, our Lord made explicit the reality was heretofore covered in shadows: what must be eaten is neither fruit nor bread but Christ himself. 

Give Thanks | Isaiah 12:1-6

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020


We are reminded by the Word always to give thanks.  No matter the circumstance, the Lord's grace and presence give us sufficient reasons for thanks.  

A Portrait in Thanksgiving | Luke 17:11-19

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020


This devotional highlights Jesus' willingness and power to heal and to save. Furthermore, it reveals the heart of thanksgiving and praise which flows from a life touched by God's grace and mercy.

But God Meant It for Good | Genesis 50:15-21

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020


Among the sterling characters of the Old Testament few surpass Joseph for integrity and faith—which shine all the more given the suffering he was called to endure. From one perspective, his life could be summed up as, "how everything went wrong." But Joseph would insist that "everything went right." Is Joseph a special case and have a special faith?  Or does he testify to a promise that applies to the people of Christ as well?

Psalm 130

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020


Psalm 130 is a microcosm of the ordinary Christian life of guilt, grace, and gratitude.

A Proper Approach to Suffering | 1 Peter 5:6-14

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020


Peter exhorts Christians to trust in God’s sovereign plan and remain vigilant while we await our blessed hope.

Paul’s Prayer for Christ’s Church | Ephesians 3:14-22

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020


This meditation reflects upon the Apostle Paul's prayer for the church in Ephesus, which he planted, knows, and loves. By extension this prayer is for Christ's church and people in this present age as we await the Lord's return. Paul's prayer is bold and audacious. It is confident and comforting, knowing that the Lord is able and willing to do more than we can even ask and think.

Restoring Zion

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020


We will be looking at God’s promise to restore the fortunes of Zion and the various ways in which he has done and will do that.  

Reformation Day | Romans 3:21-28

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020


In his 1521 translation of the Greek New Testament into German Luther used the word allein (alone) in his translation of Romans 3:28, which says, “For we reckon that a man is justified through faith apart from the works of the law.” Luther was right. He captured Paul's intent, which was to teach salvation sola fide, by faith alone.  

Babel and Pentecost

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020


Mary’s Song of Praise | Luke 1:26-38 and 46-56

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020


In this devotional we reflect upon Mary's prayer of praise to the Lord for his favor towards her and his mercy toward all of his children. Mary marvels at the word, works, and presence of the Lord, as do all who share the same faith and Lord as Mary.

The Priest Becomes the Sacrifice

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020


The Old Covenant was a visible thing --  the priests, the altar, the animals and the blood.  The New Covenant is, in many ways, an invisible reality.  

Hannah’s Prayer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020


In the passage Hannah rejoices in the Lord for answering her personal prayer for a son and sees in him the salvation of all of Israel. 

Samson’s Great Reversal

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020


Judges 16:15-31 

Salvation belongs to the LORD!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020


Jonah

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020


God’s compassion for those outside of Christ is so different from ours.  He focuses our attention on this in one of the most sublime short stories in literature: the little book of Jonah.  

Daily Dependence

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020


What does it mean to ask for daily bread?   

Justification, The Love of God, and Boasting

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020


In Romans 5:1-11, the Apostle Paul preached the bad news of our sin and the good news of our free, once-for-all, justification and salvation. The heart of passage is that, in Christ, God loves sinners, justifies them, saves them, and as a consequence, sanctifies them by his love and Spirit. 

A Parable of Two Prayers

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020


This devotional explores Jesus' parable about two people who pray. One is proud and confident of his  alleged avoidance of sin and good works; the other recognizes his sin and cries out to the Lord for mercy. Mercy is what he received.

Boasting Subverted, Boasting Inverted

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020


All human boasting is subverted by the surprising grace of God's calling and election. The Christian's boasting is inverted, redirected away from ourselves toward the cruciform glory of Christ our Mediator.  

Thy Will Be Done

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020


This devotional examines Jesus' request to avoid the cross, if possible; coupled with his wholehearted resolve to endure the cross for his people. This is not merely an example of radical obedience, but the foundation for the forgiveness, righteousness, and reconciliation of the Christian.

But God . . .

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020


God has robbed the graves of his people

I Prayed For You

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020


This devotional unpacks Jesus' praying for Peter that his faith would not fail and the implications for us that our faithful High Priest lives to intercede for us. 

President’s Chapel - Fall 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020


 "To those who struggle with faith and life, Paul assures that nothing - absolutely nothing - that can keep us from the love of God in Christ Jesus."

President’s Chapel - Spring 2020

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020


Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim delivers the spring 2020 President's Chapel

Love Bears, Believes, Hopes, and Endures All Things

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020


Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.

Love Rejoices with the Truth

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020


Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.

Psalm 137

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020


Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim gives a morning devotion from Psalm 137.

Love is not Irritable or Resentful

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020


Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.

Love is Unselfish

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020


Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.

Psalm 3

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020


Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim gives a morning devotion from Psalm 3.

Reflections on the Long Psalm

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020


The psalmist sets forth the way of comprehensive, whole-hearted devotion to God’s law. And in light of his own sin and the evil of the world, he expresses a great uneasiness, mixed with an expectant faith in God for help.

Hosea 5

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020


Graduating senior, Ryan Thomas  gives a morning devotion from Hosea 5

Psalm 68

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020


Psalm 68 records the march of God across the desert from Sinai to Zion.  Probably composed for the installation of the ark of the covenant in the Jerusalem temple, this Psalm lies at the heart of Israel’s story—and ours as well.  

Love is Humble

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020


C.S. Lewis wrote that the first step to “acquire humility” is “to realize that one is proud. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.” Lewis is probably correct that pride shadows us more than we know. Thankfully the Word of God helps us to see how we can re-orient our lives, speech and motives more humbly. Moreover, the eternal Word become flesh helps us to see what humbling oneself looks like; especially when it is motivated by love.

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