The apostle Paul uses the word “walk” in seven verses in his letter to the Ephesians. To walk means “to live or behave in a specified manner…
This past Sunday, I preached on The Gospel and Racial Injustice. It’s not the first time we’ve looked at the issue of race and racism in America and it won’t be the last. I lament that we must still address the issue of racism in America. I wish we didn’t need to, but we do. In this post I’d like to begin a conversation revolving around some of the points I made in the sermon and also introduce a few others. I’d love to hear back from you regarding your thoughts, concerns, worries, and fears. In our conversation…
This week’s post in our Gospel Jump-Start Series focuses on how the Gospel brings a beautiful otherworldly unity within the church. In a fractured world fraught with divisions, the Gospel is good news and it’s fruit is a sight to behold. Brett McCracken wrote on the beauty of unity within the church…
In the last post we thought about how, for the Christian, hope is a sure and concrete reality. I thought it would be helpful to think further on our hope and let the Apostle Peter help us. In 1 Peter 1:3-5, he wrote…I want to point out four things Peter tells us about our hope in Christ…
When the Bible speaks of hope it is speaking of the concrete certainty God’s people can have that He will make good on His promises. Paul, speaking of our future glory, in Romans 8 writes…
oday’s post in our Gospel Jump-Start Series is a reminder that the gospel is the power of God for salvation. Yesterday during the sermon, I made the statement that the power is in the message, not the messenger. This truth has always been encouraging to me and reminds me to not put confidence in myself, but in the gospel itself when we share it with others…
O, LORD, we thank you for being our refuge and strength amid the dark times we are presently experiencing as a nation (Psalm 46:1). We mourn the loss of precious human beings who are made in Your image. Specifically, we grieve the death of George Floyd. We lament the deaths of civilians and police officers that have occurred during protests throughout the nation. We pray for comfort for their families and for justice in each of these cases…
The horrific events surrounding George Floyd’s death surely warrant a national outcry for justice. We should demand better and strive for never allowing such to happen again in a Nation that pledges to be “indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” Tragically, for many in our nation, the news of Floyd’s death was not an anomaly, but it was instead the familiar haunting of a nightmare that will not end. For many in our Nation the news coming from Minneapolis is suffocating like a knee bearing down on the back of the neck…
Today’s post in our Gospel Jump-start Series focuses on the encouragement we have in knowing the ascended Christ sits at the Father’s right hand on our behalf. J.I. Packer said…
During the sermon on Genesis 29:31-30:24 this morning, Pastor Ken exhorted us to find our identity in Christ, and Him alone. He displayed from the text how we are continually tempted to find our identity in various idols. One of the helps Pastor Ken offered in doing heart evaluation is the four root idols of comfort, approval, control, and power from Eric Geiger. We thought it would be helpful for everyone to dive a little deeper into these root idols than what the sermon would allow…