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Take One for the Team
April 11, 2024
The best sports teams are not comprised of individual stars, but rather team players. Likewise, the best army is the army that functions as one, where everyone covers their buddy’s back. So too, the church must function with unity if it’s to be effective in
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A Bachelor’s Degree from Church
Each week the church has about an hour-and-a-half to instruct her members by way of Bible studies and a sermon (counting Sunday school, worship, and
April 6, 2024
Community
Balancing Act
We’re all a bit weird and imbalanced. Isolation magnifies this. We’re aware of some of our lopsidedness, but for much of it we are either
April 5, 2024
Easter
Resurrection Hope
N.T. Wright, in his book, Surprised By Hope, offers some excellent observations concerning the impact of the resurrection upon our present lives: “Jesus’s resurrection is
March 30, 2024
Easter
Good Friday and Our Family Tree
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet
March 29, 2024
Easter
Maundy Thursday
So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. 32 If God is
March 28, 2024
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday
The story of Jesus’ grand, though unexpected, entry into Jerusalem demonstrates the distance between our expectations and God’s answer. The bad news is that the crowds are going to be disappointed because they expected a political savior. The good news is that their disappointment will turn out to be superficial as the kingship of Jesus is universal and eternal. Jesus’ arrival at Jerusalem is indeed the beginning of salvation
March 23, 2024
Easter
Billions of Words
Each year, as we start the Easter season, I have those moments where I wonder what else can be said about these often-repeated stories about
March 22, 2024
Marriage
Thoughts on Marriage
“Be sure you are not making your judgments based on the ideas you have derived from novels and films. This is not so easy to do as people think. Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves.” ―C. S. Lewis
February 15, 2024
Church
The Universal Church
As we consider the early church in the book of Acts, it’s important for us to see ourselves connected to her, though (no doubt), were
February 15, 2024