First Church - PCA

Today's M'Cheyne Bible Readings:

August 6th: Bible Meditation for Judges 20 | Free Daily Bible Study August 6th: Bible Meditation for Judges 20 by Jacob D. Ge**er | Aug 6, 2026 | Bible Meditations, Judges Bible Readings for August 6th Judges 20 | Acts 24 | Jeremiah 34 | Psalms 5–6 When all Israel arrives to inquire into what has happened in Gibeah, neither the Levite nor the tribe of Benjamin com...

Today's M'Cheyne Bible Readings:

August 5th: Bible Meditation for Judges 19 | Free Daily Bible Study August 5th: Bible Meditation for Judges 19 by Jacob D. Ge**er | Aug 5, 2026 | Bible Meditations, Judges Bible Readings for August 5th Judges 19 | Acts 23 | Jeremiah 33 | Psalms 3–4 In Judges 19:1, we read that a “certain Levite” took a wife from Bethlehem in Judah. The author of the book of Ju...

Today's M'Cheyne Bible Readings:

August 4th: Bible Meditation for Judges 18 | Free Daily Bible Study August 4th: Bible Meditation for Judges 18 by Jacob D. Ge**er | Aug 4, 2026 | Bible Meditations, Judges Bible Readings for August 4th Judges 18 | Acts 22 | Jeremiah 32 | Psalms 1–2 Judges 18 opens with a repetition of the first half of the theme verse of Judges: “In those days there was no king ...

Today's M'Cheyne Bible Readings:

August 3rd: Bible Meditation for Judges 17 | Free Daily Bible Study August 3rd: Bible Meditation for Judges 17 by Jacob D. Ge**er | Aug 3, 2026 | Bible Meditations, Judges Bible Readings for August 3rd Judges 17 | Acts 21 | Jeremiah 30–31 | Mark 16 After the death of Samson in Judges 16, the book of Judges turns to narrate the final storyline we will read in this ...

“The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.” Psalm 99:2
Join us this evening at 5:30pm, when Rev. Jacob Ge**er will be preaching from Matthew 16:13–20; 18:15–20 “Keys of the Kingdom.”

Tonight continues our study of the Heidelberg Catechism for Lord's Day 31:
83. What are the keys of the kingdom?
A. The preaching of the holy gospel and Christian discipline toward repentance. Both of them open the kingdom of heaven to believers and close it to unbelievers.

84. How does preaching the holy gospel
open and close the kingdom of heaven?
A. According to the command of Christ: The kingdom of heaven is opened by proclaiming and publicly declaring to all believers, each and every one, that, as often as they accept the gospel promise in true faith, God, because of Christ’s merit, truly forgives all their sins. The kingdom of heaven is closed, however, by proclaiming and publicly declaring to unbelievers and hypocrites that, as long as they do not repent, the wrath of God and eternal condemnation rest on them. God’s judgment, both in this life and in the life to come, is based on this gospel testimony.

85. How is the kingdom of heaven closed and opened by Christian discipline?
A. According to the command of Christ: Those who, though called Christians, profess unchristian teachings or live unchristian lives, and who, after repeated personal and loving admonitions, refuse to abandon their errors and evil ways, and who, after being reported to the church, that is, to those ordained by the church for that purpose, fail to respond also to the church’s admonitions—such persons the church excludes from the Christian community by withholding the sacraments from them, and God also excludes them from the kingdom of Christ. Such persons, when promising and demonstrating genuine reform, are received again as members of Christ and of his church.

Today's M'Cheyne Bible Readings:

August 2nd: Bible Meditation for Judges 16 | Free Daily Bible Study August 2nd: Bible Meditation for Judges 16 by Jacob D. Ge**er | Aug 2, 2026 | Bible Meditations, Judges Bible Readings for August 2nd Judges 16 | Acts 20 | Jeremiah 29 | Mark 15 Samson’s end in Judges 16 comes as a tragedy but not as a surprise. As in Judges 14, we find Samson’s weakness for wom...

“I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalm 34:1

Please join us tomorrow morning for our worship service at 9:30am. Tomorrow, Rev. Jacob Ge**er will be preaching from Acts 16:25-40 “God Meant It for Good.”