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God’s Grace to Noah

October 9, 2023

I’ve never understood why the nurseries in churches so often highlight the story of Noah’s ark. If you are unaware of this story, it’s one of the most frightening displays of God’s raw power and justice in all of Scripture. In it we learn that the wickedness of humanity is so vast that the only … More

God’s Gracious Covenant

October 2, 2023

Does God owe us anything? Is He obligated to give us a happy, comfortable, peaceful life? If He fails to do this, has He committed some sin against His nature? There are indeed some who might want to believe these questions to be true, and some corners of the church where this false idea is … More

Adam, Our Covenantal Head

September 14, 2023

As a kid, I regularly attended church and got to memorize bible verses. I had to repeat them for Sunday school or for a Christian boy scouts-type organization. For years, I had all of this raw biblical data available to me but I wasn’t always sure how it all connected. Its as if the bible … More

This is My Father’s World

September 11, 2023

The Bible begins with those classic words of Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning…” and from the outset its tone is different than what we might expect from a book of beginnings. When people begin books about God, so often they want to begin with a textbook description of His character and attributes. Another approach often … More

God’s Acts in Eternity Past

September 4, 2023

One of my favorite parts of the Reformed faith is that it does not shy away from hard questions. One such question is the classic, “What was God doing before the creation of the world?” The ancient theologian, Augustine, wrote of someone else’s poor attempt at humor in his book Confessions. The exchange went something … More

God’s Good Law

August 7, 2023

Psalm 119 is a gift to Christ’s church. If you’ve encountered it before, you know its massive. This psalm is composed of 176 verses. For its gargantuan size, there is only one big idea presented: the Word of God. I challenge you to point to any verse at random. Go ahead. Do it. I bet … More

A Book of Books

July 31, 2023

If you’ve ever opened a Bible before then you know that there are many different types of literature contained in the book. Sometimes you find poetry. Other times you find history full of narratives and lists. On another occasion, maybe what you discover are law codes, or parables, or even some otherworldly stories known as … More

God’s Story: Your Foundation

July 17, 2023

I love a good story. Whether it involves elves and dwarves, cowboys and aliens, star ships or detectives, a good story always grabs my attention. I imagine you too have many stories that you love. Whether it’s an old film, a familiar book, a play, or even that one hunting story that never ceases to … More

Why Are There Churches?

July 10, 2023

There are no lack of companies and organizations in our world. One of the common features of successful companies is that they know precisely what they intend to do. They typically condense their business’s entire reason or purpose for existence into a single sentence which guides all that they hope to accomplish. One company may … More

Precious Little Time

July 3, 2023

When we think about the life of Jesus, we find the supreme example of productivity. Now I don’t mean that He wandered about with a to-do list. But I do mean that He was a man with limited time. He ministered for only a handful of years, and then after His resurrection He remained for … More

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