What a privilege it is to fellowship with Christ’s church, worshiping Christ’s person, remembering Christ’s work, and awaiting Christ’s return! This is a precious time.   Gathering with the Lord’s church to remember Christ and His work is a vital part of Christian worship and an edifying exercise for both the corporate body and the... Continue Reading

Trust God as Your Refuge and Strength. God is not distant – He is Immanuel, God with us, through Jesus Christ. Just as He sustained Israel in battle and brought joy like a river to His city, He is close to you, offering His strength and peace to you as well. Jesus promised, “I am... Continue Reading

Only Believers or All Mankind?   Last week, we were introduced to 1 Cor 15:20–28. This week, we will study the first few verses of this passage and explore the solidary of believers with Christ in his resurrection. Looking, then, at the beginning of our passage, we see first of all that Paul teaches that... Continue Reading

He’s God’s perfect Servant, God’s very Word, who brings grace to a world under the curse of sin. He doesn’t just fix a dodgy water supply; He takes the curse of sin and death itself, replacing it with grace, forgiveness, and adoption into God’s family. That past sin, that current struggle – it doesn’t have... Continue Reading

Why would God the Son, who is all-glorious and has enjoyed all the privileges of boundless joy in the eternal life of the Godhead, step into history to suffer on my behalf? I am a sinner who cannot earn his affection. Yet, he has granted it in full.…The Creed points us to our glorious Savior... Continue Reading

To faithfully engage with the ethical issues of our age, the church must recover a moral theology that weds Biblical fidelity to public clarity. This begins with remembering the law’s restraining power so that believers may stand against evil not only in their hearts, but in their neighborhoods, country, and world.   A young couple... Continue Reading

Those who serve the gospel faithfully should recognize that we share the same mission, even when we do not share or agree on every aspect of methodologies. There should be genuine encouragement of one another and a willingness to give and accept honest, constructive feedback.   One great evil a minister must guard against is... Continue Reading

The promises of freedom by abandoning truth have failed us. Jesus’ promise of freedom is sure and certain, and it comes through knowing the truth. In other words, by calling people to the truth, Christians offer freedom. This is our calling, especially in this civilizational moment.   Men have forgotten God. That is the reason... Continue Reading

The days ahead will provide opportunities for you to enter into your fellow brothers’ sorrows…be the Jonathan they need, that you can look back on your life and be satisfied that fear did not impede you, at least with respect to your friendships.   A couple of years ago, our pastor preached through the book... Continue Reading

The context of a sermon is far more like being gathered into the upper room with Jesus (John 13-17), where he washes his disciples’ feet, speaks to them of his love, joy and peace, in words saturated with grace, the likes of which none of us has ever seen. In the upper room, we get... Continue Reading