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The Slow, Patient Work
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Continue reading →: The Slow, Patient WorkHumans are impatient by nature. We do not like to wait for anything. This is especially true of Christians. We disciples do not like waiting. We are as impatient as the first disciples of Jesus. After Jesus announced the coming baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts 1:5, the disciples…
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Continue reading →: Is This All There Is?I remember pulling up into my driveway one day, and before I went into my house, I sat there for a minute and asked, “Is this all there is? If this is all there is to the Christian life, then I do not want it.” I did not realize what…
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Continue reading →: Be Not Crazy with FearI’ve enjoyed reading Recovering Our Sanity: How the Fear of God Conquers the Fears That Divide Us by Michael Horton. Horton accurately describes a cultural climate where people “experience life as one giant catastrophe-about-to-happen.”[1] Fear seems to be our norm regardless of our political or theological leanings. Horton describes this…
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Continue reading →: The Lord’s Supper and the Feast to ComeOne of my favorite things to do is celebrate the Lord’s Supper. I grew up in a church context that observed the Lord’s Supper. However, it seemed like an inconvenience. They would observe it once a quarter, and it would be tacked on at the end of the service like…
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Continue reading →: Sorrow Comes and GoesThere is a grief that, at its onset, is inconsolable. This was the grief experienced by the parents in Israel during that first Christmas: “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more” (Matt.…
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Continue reading →: Christmas is the Time
I had the privilege of filling in for my pastor this past Sunday. I pray that God will nourish and feed your hearts from his Word.
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Continue reading →: Our Most Secure PlaceBurdens come more than they go. King David’s troubles often came from the hands of his enemies, but sometimes they came from his friends. For it is not an enemy who taunts me—then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—then I could hide…
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Continue reading →: Moments of ClarityThis morning, I was stirred as I often am by the gentle whine of my Yorkie. I put him in bed with us, hoping for a few more minutes of sleep. Additional sleep evaded me as my mind wakened and focused on the phrase “moments of clarity.” First, I tried…
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Continue reading →: Delayed but not Denied (Gen. 15)People will often go to great lengths to get something they want. They will wait in line for hours for the newest iPhone. Instead of delaying gratification, people will max out credit cards to purchase that shiny little toy they cannot do without. They will line up a dawn for…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Time is God’s TimeI mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the…
The Established Path of Discipleship 