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Sermon: Grace-Driven Service
God's mercy toward believers naturally overflows into generous service and complete self-offering back to Him. The sermon explores how being rooted in God's Word and transformed by the gospel message
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Sermon: Exodus 5-6: God’s Faithfulness in our Faithlessness
Moses struggles with doubt and resistance when God calls him to deliver Israel from Egypt, yet God remains faithful despite human faithlessness. After Moses reluctantly accepts his mission with Aaron'
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Sermon: Zechariah 3 – The High Priest’s Dirty Robes
Zechariah, known as "little Isaiah" for its similar themes and imagery, presents a central message that Israel's freedom from foreign bondage will come not through military might but through God's Spi
Book Review
Quick review of Unchained by Noel Jesse Heikkinen
Freedom in Christ is a tricky, tricky, tricky subject to get right. Christians believe (actually, Jesus taught) that holiness and obedience are crucial to the faith (John 14:15). But what is obedience? Obedience to what? What happens if we disobey? How does God feel toward Christians when we break His commands? The same as He felt toward […]
Reflection
Shepherd-sheep, Teacher-student
As a shepherd of God’s people, my job is to lead people to The Shepherd, Jesus. Because I need Him as much as (maybe more than) everyone. My job in saying “follow me” is not that you would model my good behavior, but my admission that I am in need if Grace, which He freely […]
Essay
How Do We Know and Show That God is Good? (Guest Post by Barnabas Piper)
(The following is an excerpt from Barnabas Piper’s forthcoming book: “Help My Unbelief”. In celebration of the launch, I have been provided with a copy for review and giveaway. Enter to win a copy of the book here!) Answering this question is one of the greatest tasks of Christianity. So many of those who refuse […]
Reflection
A God-Given Mind to Work
I was encouraged by this exhortation today: “Nehemiah once had what could be considered impossible task: rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.  No sane feasibility committee would have given him the green light.  And yet when the task was operating under the Grace of God, what happened?  Neh. 4:6 says: “So we built the wall. And […]
Essay
Why We Don’t Want to See The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible
Last week I mentioned that we ought not seek an allegorical or “moral of the story” from Old Testament passages that we can seek to apply to our life today. (“Dare to be a Daniel!”, “Find your ‘five smooth stones’ to face your ‘Goliath’”, etc). I mentioned that most of us evangelicals have been taught […]
Reflection
For Better or Worse, Till Death Parts Us, for His Glory and Our Good
This might be TMI, but I’d like to set the stage for this thought, so bear with me. This morning I woke up and rolled over and looked at my wife, who was also just stirring for the morning, and for whatever reason, this morning, she looked especially beautiful. I thought to myself (as I […]
Devotional
Irresistible Grace, an imperfect parable, take 2
After my last mediation on the nature of irresistible grace, I decided to take a second shot at illustrating this magnificent doctrine of Grace. So, here goes: Eight year old David opened slowly opened his eyes, shutting them tight again from the ache of the harsh florescent light. Turning over in the creaky metal bed, […]
Essay
Irresistable Grace. An imperfect parable.
A blind and deaf man stumbles into the desert and wanders for days, eventually starts to die of hunger and thirst. He stumbles into an oasis where there is a spring of gushing water and fruit trees, laden with fruit. Miraculously, he recovers his sight and sees the clear, cool water, and ripe fruit. He […]
Quick Take
Jesus Wants The Battered Rose
So glad that someone created a clip of this. It is my favorite Matt Chandler moment. From his message “A shepherd and his unregenerate sheep” at the 2009 Desiring God Conference for Pastors. > “The minister got up and said we would talk about sex. He took a red rose, smelled it, and threw it […]