The Pharisee valued fasting and giving tithes, but could not find value in his fellow sinner.
03/25/26
God is not a tool in our hands. He does not exist to serve our goals, our metrics, or our platforms.
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03/23/26
The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t.
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10/08/19
Jesus knows your name. Whether you’re a boy named Sue or a beggar named Lazarus, the God who named that forgotten man has not forgotten you.
10/07/19
Christ’s indwelling in the Christian must be tied relentlessly to these external and objective events of God’s own action.
10/04/19
The following is an excerpt from“Where Two or Three Are Gathered” edited by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2019).
10/01/19
We want to be kind, gentle, and cheerful to others, but we’ve got to protect ourselves from getting hurt.
09/30/19
Theology is not to simply adopt the positions and presuppositions of philosophy, nor should it reject philosophy.
09/30/19
When Jesus spoke about mustard-seed-sized-faith that moved mountains, He wasn't making a quantitative statement as much as a qualitative one.
09/30/19
Imagine what it would be like if, when people in our community thought about this congregation, the first thing that came to mind was how forgiving we are.
09/27/19
The optimism of a Christian extends beyond the deathbed and has its origin in a historical event without historical boundaries.
09/26/19
The kingdom of Christ is realized where nothing but comfort and the forgiveness of sins reign not only in words to proclaim it, which is also necessary; but also in deed.
09/24/19
Whatever theoretical or conceptual ideas to which we surrender in despair, the Christian faith offers something wholly different. It offers a person.
09/24/19
Forgiveness, not love, can restore a relationship that’s top-heavy with negative emotions.
09/24/19
One of the first steps in recovering from a broken marriage is to find ways to heal the divorce that’s happened within our own souls.
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