Resolution: find a healthy church

If I had the opportunity to plead with you to make one resolution this new year, it would be that if you’re not already in a healthy church, find one and commit to it. I can’t think of a life change that offers more significant and more lasting benefits. So let me...

A speaking God

If you attended a church service on Christmas Eve, you likely heard John 1:14, which begins, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” And if you heard a sermon on this verse, you likely learned that John is referring to Jesus as “The Word.” In doing so, John is...

Necessary trials

A couple of Sundays ago, we looked at 1 Peter 1:6-8, where God, through Peter, calls us to view our suffering and trials in a radically different way than we are accustomed: In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by...