Pastors' Blog

Disney's Not-At-All-Secret Gay Agenda

In an online meeting that was leaked, several executives from Walt Disney Company spoke about their personal missions to add as much of their own sexual ideology as possible into children’s programming.

Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday is not about an advanced math problem that is just too hard. The Trinity is basic. In fact, you can’t be Christian without it. The entire Trinity has worked for your salvation, to bring you back to the love of God.

Don't do "friendship evangelism," just do friendship

Last week I preached on John 13:31–35 about how Jesus glorified God through his obedient death and how Christians glorify God through their obedient love of one another “as Christ has loved us.” Here is a testimonial from a woman named Susan about that second part, how she came to faith through relationships with Christian friends.

Membership Matters

For quite a while during the last two years I’ve been thinking about what membership in a local congregation means. Why should anyone want to be a member? What do you get out of a church? And what are you committed to giving to that church?

I’ve written my thoughts-in-progress on this page on our website. Check it out and let me know what improvements you can contribute.

Our church is online, but it is not an online church

It was wonderful to see our church filled almost to the brim last week on Easter Sunday! Now, will you keep it going? If it was worth coming last Sunday, won’t it be worth attending this Sunday too?

The church season of Easter

On Easter Day, we celebrate the astonishing, miraculous resurrection of Jesus, an event that changed the course of history. Yet the whole redemptive work, not only the one phase of the resurrection, is the object of Easter’s celebration.

Spring Is a Betrayal

Spring is my least favorite season. It warms up and gives me hope, but then gets cold again.

Finnish hate speech trial against Christianity

Please pray for acquittal and dismissal of the charges against Dr. Päivi Räsänen and Rev. Dr. Juhana Pohjola in Finland. The judgment regarding whether their clear confession of historic Christianity is hate speech is expected this week.

The Wisdom Pyramid

“How many of you would say your smartphone has helped increased your wisdom so that you live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way?” Brett McCracken’s The Wisdom Pyramid is a guide to help us be discerning in our media habits, in the things that are speaking into our hearts and minds.

You Have Never Talked to a Mere Mortal

The unmistakable teaching of the Bible is all human beings (believers and unbelievers alike) are immortal and will live forever, whether in heaven or hell. Therefore there are no ordinary people in this world.

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