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...

I'm sitting here on St. Patrick’s Day, rewriting something I've been working on since last week. Since that time, the threat of COVID-19 ...

If we’re not careful, it’s easy to settle for less than God has for us. Not just in our theology or our worship services, but maybe most ...

In 1969, when pieces of the Brooklyn Bridge started showing signs of wear, a young man, Francis P. Valentine was sent to the carpentry sh...

A few years ago, I remember hearing a really famous preacher at Passion for the first time. Although he wasn’t a fraction as popular then...

Let’s talk about one of the most famous verses in the Bible. There are some verses that have taken on a life of their own completely sepa...

“The heart cannot love what the mind does not know,” says Jen Wilkin. As Christians seeking to grow in our love for God, we must make it...

I’m going to go out on a limb here - the greatest gospel passage you’ve never studied might be in the book of Zechariah. The Old and New ...