Prophetically Speaking: Proclaiming Judgment In Times Of National Crisis
War, terrorist attack, financial collapse, flood, famine, earthquake, hurricane, disease, and pestilence are all words that conjure up images of immense suffering on a national scale. The suffering is evident in the loss of lives, property, and any sense of social stability and ...
At The Starting Line
Acts 2:1-21
In high school I enjoyed running on the track team. As the official gave us directions at the starting line, I vividly recall the adrenaline pumping through my veins at the beginning of each race. He would slowly call out three phrases in an elongated, deliberate...
From Doubt to Declaration
This Easter message looks at the story of doubting Thomas and challenges us to consider that "The real issue surrounding Easter is not what Thomas did or did not believe; the real issue for today is whether or not you and I believe this same story."
From Mars Hill To The Movie: Preaching With Cultural Icons To Engage Culture
Ever since the Iconoclastic controversy arose in the 8th century, Christian preachers have been worried about using images in church. Now I will be the first to admit that the icons St. John of Damascus defended in On the Divine Images are far removed from the kind of images produced by...
Good Intentions, Bad Circumstances, And God’s Will
Acts 16:9-15
In Chris Thurman's book, Truths We Must Believe, he relates the story of the great college football coach, Paul "Bear" Bryant, and his gifted Alabama team losing a football game to a smaller school with a much less talented squad. After the game, Coach...
Nudging The Church In The Right Direction
Acts 11:1-18
The church did not go readily into the Gentile world. It didn't make sense to them. Even if God would accept the Gentiles, he surely did not mean for Jew and Gentile to worship together. In his effort to nudge the church along, God chose to open the...
The Disastrous Drift From Deduction
"All things necessary for our faith and life are either expressly set down in Scripture or may be deduced by good and necessary consequence from Scripture..." - The Westminster Confession...