It is no secret we live in a fallen and broken world. As unsteady and unrestful as things are now, these feelings of fear and instability...

No one enjoys being around a negative person. We all know individuals who are often critical, pessimistic, and destructive with their wor...

Once upon a time, there was a young pastor whose first church was in a small logging community in the Pacific Northwest. Everyone in the ...

“Like the potter and the clay.” It is a metaphor as common in Christian speech as almost any other. It is derived from this little scene ...

Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. 1:20 – 25:16: What would you say to someone who uses Scripture to argue t...

Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Judges is a “degenerative” book. The main theme in Judges is the downward...

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly w...

Prudence is a term reflective of discernment. It is a cousin of wisdom but not its twin. Prudence is often listed as the first of the vir...

In 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon sieged and would ultimately sack the city of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 32:1-3). During the siege, Jeremiah...

We don't use the word "temperance" much anymore. In the pastoral epistles, temperance (or “self-control”) is a chief virtue. Every man an...

Life is full of disappointments. We have expectations of other people, ourselves, job situations, how our plans will play out, etc. If I w...

Courage (or fortitude) is easy to admire, just as cowardice is easy to despise. Even in a morally reversed culture, bravery remains a che...

James criticizes his audience for having only the faith of demons. “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and...

Quite often in the gospels, Jesus gives what seem to be difficult or evasive answers to ordinary questions. They make you scratch your he...

An Establishment of Religion “As His people, we are subject to His will and commands as revealed in Scripture. Therefore we cannot and wi...

I use big words in sermons. Sometimes I even use them correctly. I also talk about philosophical concepts and theological principles. I d...

What Does the Bible Teach about Church Membership? The concept of church discipline can make a lot of Christians uncomfortable for severa...

The Gospel in Work Clothes “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.” Proverbs 4:7 It’s easy to th...

Glory Days Our church’s pastoral care team gets a front-row seat to some significant moments in peoples’ lives, spending much of our time...

For the next month, we're going to be studying the book of Philippians together. Paul wrote this letter while he was under house arrest i...