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Do you remember when you were baptized? It was likely a powerful moment in your life. It was the starting point of your Christian life, the moment where your faith went public. Yet, the reality of your baptism isn’t meant to be relegated to the memory vault of nostalgia. It’s a reality that should be […]
The following is an excerpt from Ray Ortlund’s The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ. How wonderful it is to come every Sunday into a liberating church! All week long we swim in an ocean of judgment and negative scrutiny. We constantly have to comply with the demands of a touchy world, […]
In our current time, where self-help books abound, a book about suffering can be a breath of fresh air. “Really?” you might ask. “How can a book about suffering be refreshing?” At some point in life, you will go through some sort of suffering. It is in these moments that self-help mantras will fall flat. […]
Reigning Lord Jesus, We declare that you sit upon your throne as our Ascended King. Yet, we lament that your power and authority is often hidden from our eyes. How long will you let death ravage your world? How long will you let Satan ravage people’s lives? How long will you let sin and sickness […]
Is this COVID-19 merely the equivalent of a blizzard? Or will it be a long winter? Or, worse, an ice age? Andy Crouch summarizes three perspectives and possible realities in his recent article on the need for our adaptation to what appears to be our new normal. When COVID-19 hit, most everyone was thinking in […]
The sociologist and historian Rodney Stark has written extensively on the early Christian church’s response to epidemics and plagues in the Roman Empire. In a culture where pity was viewed as a character defect, Christians spoke and acted differently. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, devastating plagues swept through the empire. Two responses were common: […]
What do we do when God interrupts our schedule as a church? Right now, it seems, like churches are scrambling to keep doing everything they were doing before. Technology is the savior who is rescuing us from our fear of deprivation. With the click of the button, you can listen in, sing along, comment in […]
What is your only comfort in life and death? That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from all the power […]
The last couple weeks have stirred up a lot of emotions and responses in all of us. Depending on your temperament you’re likely to respond in a way that might not always be in line with reality and might not always be helpful to the people around you. Here are 3 kinds of responses we […]
My shop teacher in middle school was famous for always uttering the phrase “you gotta be smarter than what you’re workin’ with.” This was supposed to remind us whenever we were working with powerful tools that we must use them wisely, lest it cause damage to the bird box we were making, or even worse, […]