For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”-Rom...
I challenged our adult Sunday School class to try reading the Bible in a year. In anticipation of starting this process, I spent our Sunday School hour discussi...
The book of Exodus opens with Israel in a bad state. The deliverance and preservation of Egypt wrought by Joseph is long forgotten. The Egyptians regarded the I...
Are you going through a storm right now? Something so difficult or traumatic that you aren't sure you'll make it to tomorrow?
Don't give up hope.
It often t...
So with the exit of 2020, we launched out to start a new church.
The first two weeks were tremendous, with new people showing up out of nowhere. We had a highl...
Last Friday night, I took my wife out to a nice restaurant for her birthday. The kids were at a Parent’s Night Out event, so we were finally on our own again. T...
Near the end of this service, we will partake of Communion together. Please prepare your elements (bread/cracker and juice/wine) before beginning our worship se...
The four Advent themes are love, joy, peace, and hope. This week we're talking about peace, but I wanted to take a different approach to it. I want to talk abou...
If the law of God can be summarized in a positive command, then we consider how to “run to” God rather than merely how to “run from” sin. Life is not primarily ...
I’ve been revisiting the story of Moses bringing his people out of Egypt again. You know—burning bush—Pharaoh, plagues, lambs, all that MGM stuff.
After God ...
I got a Facebook message from a well-meaning Christian friend. It read as follows:
“God has seen everything you’ve been going through, and He told me to tell y...
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the ...
