The Sabbath

Hey Church, I hope you are well! Back in the Spring, I wrote a number of brief articles for our church on the first three commandments. So this week, I wanted to give a bit of reflection on the fourth commandment, namely taking a Sabbath rest. The fourth commandment is sometimes a bit controversial for…

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Rescued By the Lord

Good Evening Dear Saints, I hope and pray you are having a good week! This week while studying for the sermon, I was reading through 2 Timothy. 2 Timothy was the last letter that Paul wrote before he was killed for the sake of Christ. It is a poignant, personal, and touching letter that Paul…

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Remember the Persecuted

Hello Dear Church, Around the world every day, Christians around the world are persecuted for their faith. People just like you and I who are persecuted simply because they have called Jesus their Lord. They are not of this world. This reality was brought home to me a few years ago. At the seminary where…

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No More Shame

In my sermon, I referenced the idea that often when we read these words in Romans 1:16-17, we often feel guilty, because we don’t share the gospel enough. And so, paradoxically, by making us feel guilty and ashamed, we use these verses to motivate us to share the gospel. While evangelism is the most obvious…

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How to Read Isaiah

Hello Dear Church, It may surprise you, but one of the books that the Gospel of John quotes the most is Isaiah. So as I’ve been preaching through John, Isaiah naturally comes up quite a bit; this is great! But it is also daunting. Because anyone who opens up their Bible to the book of…

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How God Changes Us

Good Afternoon Dear Church, I hope and pray you all have had a good week! My phone regularly shows me pictures of what my son looked like one year ago. The changes are drastic! Today he is waddling/running around and dipping fries in ketchup (and chips in salsa! – Prov 22:6). A year ago, he…

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Good News For the Proud

Good Thursday Dear Church, I hope and pray you are doing well on this wonderful Thursday afternoon. We are three weeks into the Gospel of John. One of the surprising things that I have been seeing is a subtle, but profound, theme in the gospel of John: humility. John is out to humble us. John…

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