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Andrew Kerr

Andrew Kerr

Pastor of Ridgefield Park NJ (NYC Metro Area) - Husband of Hazel, Dad to Rebekah, Paul & Andrew, Father-in-Law to Matt, Loves Skiing, Dog Walking. Passionate for Old Testament - in Deep Need of Grace

New Milford, New Jersey, USA •
233 posts •
Sabbath Day

The Son & The Sabbath

January 26, 2023

Over the past two weeks, given Christ's statement in the Gospels, I've been mulling over the question of how the Sabbath of Creation connects with Christ as Son. The Sabbath was Made by

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Genesis 12.1-3

Carving Out A Reputation?

January 05, 2023

There are two main ways for people to seek import and repute. One is to seek awards, applause or acolytes with a self-constructed legend or legacy of genius, industry, wealth, philanthropy, family or

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Did You Forget the Tree?

December 01, 2022

As the festive season approaches, it is good to ask why we engage in celebration? What is the real reason for the season? For certain, this is a time, when most professing Christians,

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A Very Important Reason to Keep Preaching Hell to Mature Believers!

November 28, 2022

It can be tempting for pastors and elders, who serve gathered congregations of saints, to be misled into thinking that we no longer need to reflect on the excruciating sorrows of the damned.

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Punishing Praise - Psalm 149

November 18, 2022

All the faithful are called to rowdy, royal, praise of their Redeemer-King Yahweh, as they contemplate & celebrate their holy vocation as agents of His vengeance. Just as Joshua set his boot on Canaan's

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Genesis Genealogies

Evangelical Existentialism

September 29, 2022

Electoral Populist A number of years ago, in the British General Election, future Prime Minister Cameron embraced a sound-bite mantra of "Choice" which captured many votes. Pro Choice Few at the time spotted

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God Saved the King

September 22, 2022

Final Psalter arrangement, when no son of David ruled, makes Psalm 118 a communal chant of messianic thanks. The LORD's lasting loyal love is praised by God's whole awestruck church for Jehovah had

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Scripture Reading Focus

Men as trees walking....

September 08, 2022

Up for a walk first thing this morning, I decided to treat my eyes to a breath of cool autumnal air - a 30-minute break from the seemingly endless cycle of contact lens

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The Stepwise Psalter

August 26, 2022

It is increasingly becoming apparent that, all other things being equal, reading Psalms in sequence is a deeply enriching and spiritually nourishing experience. Positioning Psalm 95 One example may help to persuade the

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Jesus and the Jews - Part I

August 11, 2022

Introduction There is much misunderstanding about the place of Israel in relationship to the Church, and the future God has planned for the nation of the Jews. Interpretation The proper procedure, in settling

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Two Things Are Needful?

July 28, 2022

I've been doing a 6-month review over the past week or so - taking a brief time-out to take stock after my half-year across the pond in the East Coast of the U.

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Roots?

July 19, 2022

There are so many unexpected opportunities to bring a word about Christ to those we meet each day. On my way home from a run (my first in the US - it took

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What really counts?

June 09, 2022

Sorry Introduction I recall a few years back having a quiet conversation with a shocked, disappointed, chastened, and influential fellow-pastor. Following the tragic demise of a famous Christian leader, his serious, solemn, words

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The Reality of Hell

May 26, 2022

I've just been reading some salutary words from the preface to a book on The Doctrine of Endless Punishment by W.G.T. Shedd. Though a little dated, in their warnings about Universalism

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Blessed are those who mourn ..for they shall be comforted

May 23, 2022

Psalm 90 is a most moving, deeply resonating, prayer of past anguish and present anticipation. Psalm 90 in Psalter Sequence Canonically positioned by Ezra at the beginning of Book IV of the Psalter,

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True Heavenly-Mindedness

May 12, 2022

What does it mean to be heavenly minded? Does it mean to stick your super-spiritual head so high up into the clouds that you cannot properly or responsibly do your God-given work? Does

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Got the Lot?

April 28, 2022

When fidelity, honesty, society, morality and true biblical spirituality are turned on their head, and life turns upside down, most stresses and voices yield a counsel of despair. Yet in David's day, about

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Dispelling Unbelief

April 27, 2022

It will never cease to amaze me why those so close to text refuse to accept Truth. Is it not a puzzling wonder why countrymen of Christ should deny their own Messiah? The

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Psalms

Permission to Weep

January 18, 2022

Having explained how laments allow us to frankly pour out our sorrow, anxiety, perplexity and quandaries to our Transcendent Cosmic God and Ever-Present Covenant LORD, Mark Futato, in "Interpreting the Psalms", 158, concludes:

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Psalms

Good Reason to Sing Psalms

January 17, 2022

Having argued that the Psalter leads its international students to "happiness through holiness," in the Kingdom of Glory, by taking refuge in Messiah, the author concludes: > ...from beginning to end, the Book of

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Love Undeserved & Unsought

December 25, 2021

Last night, after dinner, my wife received a call. It was my older half-cousin. I could hear, in the distance, that she was struggling to speak while holding back the tears - this

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Hold On? Let Go!

November 11, 2021

It is with bittersweet feelings I post this blog today. Just two days ago the US Consulate in Belfast, Ireland,  kindly granted us the Entrance Visas we had sought for the past ten

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MIssion - Psalm 19

Keep it to Yourself?

October 15, 2021

How can you keep the truth of Scripture to yourself? This, I reckon, was in the forefront of his thoughts, as the Apostle quotes Psalm 19: initially it referred to General Revelation in

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Ageing

Age to Age

October 14, 2021

It's my birthday today ..again!. Another year has passed. So imperceptibly and quickly, the days have come and gone. But I have to honestly say it has been one of the happiest personal

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Evangelism

Delicious First-fruits!

October 01, 2021

By briefest way of giving encouragement to all hard-working pastors, elders and members, I just want to share my present delight at a harvest of first-fruits. Two summers ago I purchased a couple

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