In some ways, to be a church is to sing. Our hymns are part of the confession we […]
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Being a pastor definitely has its ups and downs. There are great defeats and moments of humiliation that […]
Great movies, great art, great poetry and stories, great comedy and TV shows all engage and captivate us […]
Saint Paul declares, “When the fullness of time had come, God sent His son, born of a woman, […]
Every time I read Paul’s letters to Timothy, I find a great amount of comfort and reassurance in […]
We see it all the time on our social media feeds. “Marked safe” from the LA fires, Hurricane […]
“So, you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” This is […]
I am not sure how many of you know who Russel Brand is. He is an English actor […]
I have recently been rewatching the “Lord of the Rings Trilogy.” If you are unfamiliar with it, this […]
I love going to weddings. It is one of the last cultural things we do when people still […]
Today is Holy Trinity Sunday, a unique day in the Church Calendar, where we do not focus on […]
My wife’s mother worked for many years as the director of a Christian preschool called Noah’s Ark. It […]
There are a lot of books out there written by people who claim to have died on the […]
Saint Paul famously said, “Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling […]
At this point we have grown accustomed to the shocking and disruptive voice of John the Baptist. He […]
The serpent told the woman she would not die if she ate the forbidden fruit. Oh sure, God […]
In his letter to the church in Colossae, Saint Paul offers us a clear and concise exhortation. It […]
There is an optimistic worldview that believes people are inherently good. Most of us have experienced goodness from […]
Nicodemus surely cried as he joined Joseph of Arimathea to bury Jesus. He brought an extraordinary amount of […]
I often wonder what my life would be like if certain things did not happen the way they […]