Word of Salvation - November 2010   SACRED LIVING, John de Hoog (Sermon 7 in a series on the Ten Commandments)   Reading: Matthew 5:17-30 Text: Exodus 20:13 & Genesis 9:1-7   When faced with Law, our natural human response is to try to shrink it. We treat Law like the edge of a small circle. Here’s the line you can’t cross, but everything outside the line is fair enough. And we try to shrink the circle.   It’s natural for us; it starts when we are very young. Your children are fighting and you put a stop to it. You...

Word of Salvation – Vol.53 No.44 – November 2008   Letting the Water of His Goodness Flow  A Sermon by Rev Sjirk Bajema on Heidelberg Catechism, LD 40 Scripture Reading: Genesis 4:1-11   Congregation of our Lord... The Lord saw right through Cain. He looked at his heart. He perceived what was about to happen. He knew he was going to kill Abel. He even says it to Cain in Genesis 4:6-7. “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what’s right, sin is...