Thankful for something real this Christmas

by | Dec 20, 2022 | Uncategorized

During this time of year, I thank God that the gospel is more than sentimental. That the gospel of Christ—born, living, crucified, and risen for sinners like me–is true, in the truest sense, and that its power and effectiveness is not in “all the feels” it...

Playing the long game

by | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

It is important to realize that membership and ministry in a local church means playing the long game. We will miss much of the fruit of God’s purposes for the church–and our lives–if we don’t take a long-term view, and instead remove ourselves as soon as...

Good but temporary

by | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized

This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who...

The clarity of the cross

by | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized

“In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o’er the wrecks of time; all the light of sacred story, gathers round its head sublime.” So goes the opening words of one of the songs we sing. The idea is that Christ on the cross stands at the center of...

Not domineering

by | Jun 22, 2022 | Uncategorized

This past Sunday we concluded our short series on church polity or governance by considering the role of elders. The Bible calls elders “shepherds,” giving us a wonderful image of their role towards their congregation: to guide, feed, protect, tend to, care for, and...