Sermon Preview – Week of April 17

This Sunday we will finish our exposition of Jonah. Our text will be Jonah 4:1-11. It has been quite the journey for Jonah hasn’t it? The Lord’s prophet began by fleeing from a divine call to the people of Nineveh, yet ended up in Nineveh where he preached and the people experienced mass spiritual awakening. God has not only been …

Weekly Roundup For Your Weekend Reading – April 14

A Biblical Theology Of Resurrection “But one of the most fascinating things about Easter is that the theme of resurrection is not something that takes the New Testament by surprise. In fact, if you study the Old Testament carefully, you will see all sorts of allusions that all point to Christ’s eventual defeat of the grave on Easter Sunday, and …

Good Friday Service and Corporate Worship Preview

Good Friday Service Our Good Friday service will take place on Friday evening at 6:30 PM. Let me encourage you to make plans to worship with us. Also, this is a great time to invite a friend, neighbor, co-worker or family member who may not have a place to worship on Friday. We will spend our evening considering all that …

Weekly Roundup For Your Weekend Reading – April 7

How Churches Should Engage Culture The six things listed in this article will help us think through how we live out the Great Commission in faithful obedience. “To engage the culture is to be a Christian and a church member, living in but not of the world. It involves finding points of commonality with our non-Christian neighbors, particularly where common …

Sermon Preview – Week of April 3

This Sunday we come to chapter 3 in the book of Jonah, and 0ur text will be all ten verses (3:1-10). Chapter three begins with a familiar tune, something we’ve heard before. It begins in the same way chapter one begins, but Jonah’s response is drastically different. It’s almost as if he had spent three days and three nights in the …

Weekly Roundup For Your Weekend Reading – March 31

Freedom Is Coming A devotional take from Charles Spurgeon. “The thunder-cloud has burst over the Cross of Calvary, and the pilgrims of Zion shall never be smitten by the bolts of vengeance. Come, my heart, rejoice in the immunity which thy Redeemer has secured thee, and bless his name all the day, and every day….” Disappointing Worship Services It’s ok …

Sermon Preview – Week of March 27

This Sunday the preaching text will be Jonah 1:17-2:10. This text contains the most scrutinized verse in the whole book (1:17), and in a lot of ways the attention given to the verse is misplaced. What kind of fish was it? It had to be a whale, right? How could a human being survive in the belly of giant fish? …

Weekly Roundup For Your Weekend Reading – March 24

Sin Will Never Make You Happy “The challenge before us, then, is not merely to do what God says because he is God, but to desire what God says because he is good. The challenge is not merely to pursue righteousness, but to prefer righteousness. The challenge is to get up in the morning and prayerfully meditate on the Scriptures …

Sermon Preview – Week of March 20

This Sunday our preaching text will be Jonah 1:4-16. The scene in the narrative shifts from the place of the prophet Jonah’s rebellion to his foolish flight from the presence of the Lord. While Jonah’s attempt to run is in full view in this text, the author begins this scene with what is most important…the decisive action of God!  You …

Weekly Roundup For Your Weekend Reading – March 17

The Shack – The Missing Art Of Evangelical Discernment Albert Mohler provides a compelling critique of the popular book recently made into a movie. His analysis unearth’s the shoddiness of “The Shack” as a source for anything that is Orthodox, Biblical or Christian. And, it challenges us to sharpen our hearts and minds with Biblical truth so as to be …