The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.
10/27/26
Christianity does not locate freedom in radical autonomy. It does not tell either men or women that happiness consists in escaping obligations arising from relationships we did not entirely choose.
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10/26/26
Jesus never promised me a World Series championship. He never promised that my children would always succeed or that life would go according to plan. He promised something better.
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04/04/18
I hate driving. I am more of a “pew-pew” guy than a “vroom-vroom” guy. I battle my own heart every day in Atlanta traffic.
04/02/18
“Standing firm in the confession we share should not exclude us from inviting others into it.”
03/31/18
Well, it is springtime! Just as you can always expect flowers to begin blooming, the days getting a little longer and everyone’s mood getting a little brighter, there’s something else you can always expect this time of the year.
03/30/18
This Savior’s love for His church is no small thing. He gives up His own life so that she will live.
03/28/18
It is the icon of the resurrection, for if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live into eternity, for this bread is the flesh of Christ for the life of the world.
03/28/18
What makes a meal more than food? We all have important meals in our lives; birthday meals; anniversary meals; traditional holiday meals.
03/26/18
Perhaps you’ve had a pastor or “Bible teacher” ask you these questions. If not, consider yourself blessed.
03/22/18
In an age when families are already fractured beyond comprehension, are we seriously going to separate parents from children in the one service in which God himself is present to unite us to himself and one another?
03/06/18
Only Jesus’ absolute absolution can satisfy a troubled conscience.
02/28/18
Apologetics isn’t optional for the Christian, just as Christ isn’t optional to apologetics.
02/27/18
“Church is set free in Christ, in short, to revel in her irrelevance to the ways of the world’s power and wisdom.
02/26/18
I cannot recall how many times I sang along to this theme song, punching and kicking as a kid in the 80s. But much of my desire to join the Marine Corps had its genesis in the 80s cartoon “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.”
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