Over the next few months, we are going to be worshiping and studying our way through the Apostle’s Creed. I believe that this study is going to be a corrective for us in a number of healthy ways. For starters, I think this is going to provide a helpful corrective for that urge inside of […]

Almost immediately, my heart was drawn to Psalm 42. We’re going to be reading both Psalm 42 and Psalm 43 today because they are widely considered to be one song – a song that could be appropriately titled: A song for the weary heart. Psalm 42-43

There is a terrible – but perhaps helpful – irony in the fact that we are being forced to spend Christmas Sunday apart. Christmas, of course, is the celebration of the incarnation. It is the celebration of the glorious fact that God came to dwell with us! It is the celebration of God’s NEARNESS. John […]

Next Sunday will be Christmas Sunday when we will come again to the manger to celebrate the incarnation. This advent season, we have been meditating on the attributes of God. Who is this glorious God that has come to dwell with us? We have seen that He is triune – one God forever existing in […]

As we prepare our hearts again this year to marvel at the mystery of God with us, we are spending some time meditating on this question: Who is God? Revelation 4:1-11

One of the things that I most appreciate about Christmas is that it forces us to stop and to focus on one of the most amazing things about our God. He is the God who is near. That’s what the word “Emmanuel” means – God with us. We often take for granted just how amazing […]

Today we conclude our series through 1 & 2 Thessalonians, and we’re ending on a note that is unique to this series. Taken as a whole, the general tone of these letters has been warm and encouraging. Paul wrote to give this young church clarity and comfort. But in this closing section, there is a […]

Over the course of this series, we’ve spent a great deal of time talking about the Thessalonians and the challenges they were facing. But in order to understand the passage in front of us this morning, we need to turn our attention to Paul and his circumstances. As it turns out, he was facing some […]

Our text this morning is widely considered to be the most challenging passage in all of the Apostle Paul’s letters. But, if I could encourage you, many of us are coming into this text with an advantage. Raise your hand if you were with us while we walked through the book of Daniel at the […]

This morning, we’re going to be talking about the church, and I think it might be worth stopping to define what I mean by “church” before we go any further. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28