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Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsHow Can We Have a Clean Conscience? - Hebrews 9:6-14
How Can We Have a Clean Conscience? (Hebrews 9:6-14): In this devotional, Pastor Jason explains that religious rituals and good deeds cannot truly cleanse a…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Serious Sin of Blasphemy - Heidelberg Catechism #100
How serious is the sin of blasphemy? Heidelberg Catechism #100 explains it.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWhat's the Point of the Tabernacle Furnishings? Hebrews 9:1-5
What Did the Tabernacle Furnishings Mean? (Hebrews 9:1-5) - Why did God give such detailed instructions for the Old Testament Tabernacle? Pastor Jason breaks…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsHonoring God's Name - Heidelberg Catechism #99
What does it mean to not take God's name in vain? How can we rightly honor the name of the Lord with our lips and in our lives? Let's explore Heidelberg…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsImages as Teachers? - Heidelberg Catechism #98
Can we use images in the church as teachers for the laity? Heidelberg Catechism #98
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsNo Images at All? Heidelberg Catechism #97
Does the Bible forbid the making of any images at all? Join Pastor Jason as we continue to unpack the Second Commandment with Question #97 of the Heidelberg…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Second Commandment - Heidelberg Catechism #96
How is the one true God to be worshiped? According to His Word!Let's explore the Second Commandment together, using the Heidelberg Catechism Question #96.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsIdolatry - Heidelberg Catechism #95
What is idolatry? Heidelberg Catechism #95 does an excellent job unpacking this vital, convicting truth for us.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe First Commandment - Heidelberg Catechism #94
What is the First Commandment? Join us as we unpack the First Commandment with Question #94 of the Heidelberg Catechism.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWhy Does Jesus Keep Praying for Us? Hebrews 7:24-25
If Jesus finished the work for our salvation on the cross, why does He keep praying for us? Let's explore Hebrews 7:24-25 together.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsTwo Parts of the 10 Commandments - Heidelberg Catechism #93
What are two parts of God's Ten Commandments? What do they tell us about God and our most important areas of obedience in life?Join us as we explore Question…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWhat is God's Law? Heidelberg Catechism #92
What is the law of God that must guide our good works as we live a life of gratitude toward God? Join Pastor Jason for Heidelberg Catechism Question #92.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWhat Counts as Good Works? Heidelberg Catechism #91
What actually counts as the good works we're called to do as redeemed believers? Pastor Jason explores Heidelberg Catechism #91
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsMelchizedek Points Us to Jesus - Hebrews 7:4-10
How does Melchizedek point us to Jesus?
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Putting Off, Putting On - Heidelberg Catechism #89-90
What does it mean to die to our old self and walk in the newness of life we have in Christ? How do we put off the old self and put on the new? Let's explore…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsTrue Repentance & Conversion - Heidelberg Catechism #88
How do we define true repentance and conversion? Let's explore Heidelberg Catechism #88.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Ungrateful and Impenitent - Heidelberg Catechism #87
What about those who are not grateful to God and who do not repent of their sins? What about those who bear no good fruit? Let's explore Heidelberg Catechism…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsGod's Oath - Hebrews 6:13-17
Why would God bind Himself with an oath? Let's explore Hebrews 6:13-17 together.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWhy Obey? - Heidelberg Catechism #86
If we're saved by grace through no merit of our own, why should we obey God and do good works? Join Pastor Jason as we explore the answer to that question in…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsKeys: Church Discipline - Heidelberg Catechism #85
How is church discipline one of the keys of the kingdom? What's its purpose?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsKeys: Gospel Preaching - Heidelberg Catechism #84
How does Gospel preaching serve to open and/or close the kingdom of heaven?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsCan We Lose Our Salvation? Hebrews 6:1-7
Can a true believer lose his salvation? Is everyone who is in the church truly saved? What's the difference?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsKeys of the Kingdom - Heidelberg Catechism #83
What are the keys of the kingdom of heaven?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsHypocrites at the Table - Heidelberg Catechism #82
What about hypocrites at the Lord's Supper?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsHow Do We Mature as Believers? - Hebrews 5:11-14
How Do We Mature as Believers? - Hebrews 5:11-14 with Pastor Jason Van Bemmel
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWho Can Take the Supper? - Heidelberg #81
Who Can Take the Supper? - Heidelberg #81
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsJesus Made Perfect? Hebrews 5:7-10
How could Jesus be made perfect? Hebrews 5:7-10 explained and applied.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsOnce for All - Heidelberg Catechism #80
Heidelberg Catechism Question #80 and the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus for our sins.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsParticipation in Christ - Heidelberg Catechism #79
Why did Jesus call the bread and wine His body and blood?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsJesus our Great High Priest - Hebrews 4:13-16
How does Jesus help us as our Great High Priest?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Bread and Wine - Heidelberg Catechism #78
Do the bread and wine of the Lord's Supper become the body and blood of Christ?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Word of God - Hebrews 4:11-13
How does the Word of God help us persevere in faith and enter into His rest?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Promise of the Lord's Supper - Heidelberg Catechism #77
Explore the promise of the Lord's Supper with Heidelberg Catechism #77.
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsEating His Flesh and Drinking His Blood - Heidelberg #76
What does it mean to eat the crucified body of Christ and to drink his shed blood?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsStrive to Enter His Rest
What does it mean to strive to enter His rest? Can we strive in unhelpful ways?
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Lord's Supper - Heidelberg #75
Heidelberg Catechism Question #75 - How does the Lord's Supper signify and seal to you that you share in Christ's one sacrifice on the cross and in all his…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsMarriage & Freedom: 1 Corinthians 7
Title: Marriage & Freedom Speaker: Rev. Jason Van Bemmel Series: Unpacking Corinthians Date: June 29, 2026 Bible: 1 Corinthians 7 Today, we tackle 1…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsBaptizing Babies - Heidelberg Catechism #74
Title: Baptizing Babies? Speaker: Rev. Jason Van Bemmel Series: Heidelberg Catechism Devos Date: June 22, 2026 Should we baptize infants? Why? Pastor Jason…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsGlorify God in Your Body - 1 Corinthians 6
Title: Glorify God in Your Body Speaker: Rev. Jason Van Bemmel Series: Unpacking Corinthians Date: June 24, 2026 Glorifying God in Our Bodies & Rejecting…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsBaptismal Regeneration? - Heidelberg Catechism #73
Title: Washed by Baptism? Speaker: Rev. Jason Van Bemmel Series: Heidelberg Catechism Devos Date: June 24, 2026 If water baptism doesn't itself wash away sin…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Danger of Compromise - 1 Corinthians 5 Devotional
Title: The Danger of Compromise Speaker: Rev. Jason Van Bemmel Series: Unpacking Corinthians Date: June 23, 2026 Bible: 1 Corinthians 5 Purity in the Church &…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsDoes Water Baptism Cleanse? Heidelberg Catechism #72
What's the difference between a Gospel sacrament and an idolatrous sacramentalism? It's found in today's vital question, Heidelberg Catechism #72. Q. Does this…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsChrist's Promise of Cleansing - Heidelberg Catechism #71
Pastor Jason's devotional on Heidelberg Catechism Question #71
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsAlready, But Not Yet - 1 Corinthians 4
In this devotional on 1 Corinthians 4, Pastor Jason Van Bemmel addresses the danger of adopting a worldly worldview within the church. The core issue for the…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsCleansing by Blood & Spirit - Heidelberg Catechism #70
Pastor Jason Van Bemmel of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church continues our study of the Heidelberg Catechism by exploring Question 70: What does it mean to be…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsFaithful Building on the Foundation of Christ - 1 Corinthians 3
Paul addresses the Corinthian church's division and jealousy, noting they are acting like "infants in Christ". The congregation had splintered into factions…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsBaptism & Cleansing - Heidelberg Catechism #69
Baptism is a divine sacrament instituted by Christ as a visible sign and seal of the gospel, pointing believers to the one sacrifice of Jesus on the cross as…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsHow Many Sacraments? - Heidelberg Catechism #68
Title: How Many Sacraments? Speaker: Rev. Jason Van Bemmel Series: Heidelberg Catechism Devos Date: June 9, 2026 68. Q. How many sacraments has Christ…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsThe Wisdom of the Cross - 1 Corinthians 2
In today's devotional, Pastor Jason Van Bemmel explores 1 Corinthians chapter 2. The city of Corinth was sophisticated, highly educated, and proud. Yet, when…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsSacraments Point us to Christ - Heidelberg Catechism #67
Title: Sacraments Point Us to Christ Speaker: Rev. Jason Van Bemmel Series: Heidelberg Catechism Devos Date: June 10, 2026 67. Q. Are both the Word and the…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsSaints, Unity, and Boasting - 1 Corinthians 1
Welcome back to Walking with Jesus Through the Word! Today, Pastor Jason Van Bemmel of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church kicks off our study of 1 Corinthians…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWhat Are Sacraments? - Heidelberg Catechism #66
What are Sacraments? Pastor Jason leads us on a devotional study of Heidelberg Catechism Question #66 on the Sacraments. Learn how Baptism and the Lord's…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWhere Does Faith Come From? - Heidelberg Catechism #65
Welcome to our Heidelberg Catechism devotionals! In this episode, Pastor Jason Van Bemmel of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church wraps up Week 22 by exploring…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsExploring Romans - Romans 16 - The Saints of Rome, Warnings, and Doxology
Welcome to the final episode of Exploring Romans! In this concluding devotional (Day 177), Pastor Jason Van Bemmel of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church walks us…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsWorks of Gratitude: Heidelberg #64
In this Heidelberg Catechism Devotional, Pastor Jason Van Bemmel of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church explores Question #64. If salvation is completely by grace…
Forest Hill PCA DevotionalsMercy & Missions - Romans 15
Welcome to Exploring Romans! In this episode, Pastor Jason Van Bemmel of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church walks us through the powerful message of Romans…