Bulletin 5.3.26
"By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks." Hebrews 11:4
Reflection Before The Service
Reflection Before The Service
Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven
and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad?
Hearken! and observe how healthily – how calmly I can tell you the whole
story.
— Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
The authorities are investigating a motive for the attack by the suspect,
identified as Cole Tomas Allen. Those who know him described him as a
"completely average guy."
— New York Times, Monday, April 27, 2026
But then somewhere between the lines of the story, so quietly and subtly we
can hardly see it happen, Cain’s anger pivots. He had hated God who was so
hard to satisfy. But then, in his anger, Cain slowly swivels around till he has
Abel in his sights.
— Cornelius Plantinga, Not the Way It’s
Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin (1995)
The Call To Worship
The Call To Worship
Hebrews 12.18 -24
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. For they could not bear the command,
"IF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED." And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said,
"I AM FULL OF FEAR and trembling."
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.
(Prayer)
Reflection Before The Service
Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven
and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad?
Hearken! and observe how healthily – how calmly I can tell you the whole
story.
— Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
The authorities are investigating a motive for the attack by the suspect,
identified as Cole Tomas Allen. Those who know him described him as a
"completely average guy."
— New York Times, Monday, April 27, 2026
But then somewhere between the lines of the story, so quietly and subtly we
can hardly see it happen, Cain’s anger pivots. He had hated God who was so
hard to satisfy. But then, in his anger, Cain slowly swivels around till he has
Abel in his sights.
— Cornelius Plantinga, Not the Way It’s
Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin (1995)
The Call To Worship
Hebrews 12.18 -24
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. For they could not bear the command,
"IF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED." And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said,
"I AM FULL OF FEAR and trembling."
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.
(Prayer)
03/05/26