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What does "hope" mean? "I hope I get a raise next year", "I hope my parents don't find out", "I hope that movie is good". What does all...

This semester in our church's youth group we are going through the I Am statements of Jesus in a seires entitled "Who Is He?". As I sit...

Assurance. Every Christian wants it and needs it but not every Christian has a lot of it. The burning question is: how do I get it? The...

When I was in high school my English class read Edgar Allen Poe's short story The Tell-Tale Heart. It's a chilling narrative about a man...

Why? That's a good question. Some of the most significant questions you can ask start with that word. Why do I exist? Why am I here? Why...

Forgiveness lies at the heart of the Christian religion. Every Christian has been forgiven. Redemption is forgiveness as Paul himself...

This phrase came up in a passage I quoted during this past Sunday's youth lesson — "for our sake". It was from 2 Cor 5:21 where Paul...

What is going on during the sermon? And I don't just mean what's happening before our eyes, namely, a man with his Bible preaching from a...

This text has been a bone of contention for Christians, particularly over the last one hundred years. I was recently assigned this text...

Jonah stands as quite a unique book amongst the minor prophets. Its narrative flow, its focus more on the prophet himself than his...

My second semester at Reformed Theological Seminary, I took a class under Dr. Robert Cara entitled Pauline Epistles. His legacy preceded...

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" One of my favorite statements from Jesus is found in Matt...

This past Sunday, my church sang From The Depths of Woe by Indellible Grace. I love that song. There are two lines in that song...

Letter format might not seem like the most interesting thing to talk about. In fact, in many ways, the format of Paul's letters is...

Jesus' Sermon on the Mount recorded in Matt 5-7 is one of the most familiar areas of Jesus' teaching. I say that because it contains a...

Every day of our lives, we are surrounded by promises. Now, I'm not saying you'll hear the words "I promise..." multiple times each day....

Martin Luther wrestled with the book of James. He famously declared it (along with Hebrews) to be "an epistle of straw". Some have...

If you are reading this, you have been sinned against. I recently finished reading Robert Cheong's Restoration Story: Why Jesus Matters...

I have been attending Sunday worship since I was a little kid. I don't say this to pat myself on the back. In fact, many of those years...

If you stick around with me in this blog long enough, you'll read a lot of posts like this. Stuff about community. I'm sorry... but...