PASTOR’S BLOG

Loved John 3:16-21 I didn’t grow up with a very refined sense of culture.  I was more of a meathead who only cared about sports. If it involved a ball and a field, I was all in. Plays and musicals were not my kind of fun.  I may have been dragged to a few as a kid, but if so, I must have blocked them out. But one of the first plays I actually remember seeing was on New Year’s Eve in 2004, about six months after Ellen and I got married. Wanting to do something special, I took

What do you believe? John 3:1-15 What do you believe? How do you believe? Christian writer and philosopher, once a confessing atheist, C.S. writes in his classic, The Weight of Glory ,   I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen—not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. Lewis did not become a Christian because he wanted to. He actually said of himself,  I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that

Zeal for My Father’s House John 2:13-25 Americans have become passionate about Halloween. A simple drive through town will reveal a score of houses littered with 30-foot skeletons, tombstones, and spider webs. According to the numbers, Americans will spend 13.1 billion dollars this year on Halloween. Now, I am not against children dressing up and getting candy, but the intense passion that has grown for Halloween is hard to ignore, and it makes me think often of the hot passi

The New Age John 2:1-11 How many of you traveled to work last week on horseback? Probably no one. Yet, just over a century ago, that was the most common form of transportation. How many of you read stories to your children last night by candlelight? Again, probably no one. Today, we flip a switch, and the room fills with light. How many of you stored your milk or meat in an icebox packed with blocks of ice? Likely none. We rely on refrigerators powered by electricity to keep

Come and See John 1:35-51 Edward Kimball was one of the most important men in the 1800s that very few people have ever heard of. Kimball was the youth boys Sunday school teacher for Mount Vernon Congregational Church. He had a special burden for each of his students seeking to lead each of them to saving faith in Jesus Christ. On Friday, April 21, 1855, Kimball had a strong prompting by the Holy Spirit to visit one of his boys, Dwight, while he was at wor. Dwight, didn’t seem

Look! Look! John 1:29-34 We loved taking our kids on hikes when they were younger. We’d pass out water bottles, tighten little backpack straps, and point at the map—“We’ll follow the blue trail to the overlook.” Within minutes their shoes were dusty and the questions were constant. Every turn in the trail felt like a new discovery: “Dad, look! Look at that flat rock! “Mom, look!—look at that flower!” Look! Look at that waterfall!” They’d show us deer tracks in the mud or a sh

The Word Became Flesh John 1:14-18 This past weekend, JD and I traveled to Maine so I could teach on longevity in ministry at a pastor’s...

Are you Happy? John 1:1-13 Are you happy? Are you truly happy with your life? It seems that happiness is on the decline. According to the...

The Promise-Keeping God Leviticus 26-27 In her classic, To Kill a Mockingbird , Harper Lee paints a world where justice feels fragile and...

Sabbath and the Jubilee Leviticus 25 Famed Patriot and bacon enthusiast, Ron Swanson, once captured the pride of the American spirit in...

Holy Time: God’s Gifts in the Rhythms of Redemption Leviticus 23–24 My grandmother had an old, tall grandfather clock in their living ...

Leviticus 20-22 Professor Carl Trueman gets right to the heart of what we see in our world today. He writes, A society is defined much...

Leviticus 19:19-37 I have always thought of myself as a good driver, but I have learned I am only a good driver when I drive on the right...

Matthew 28:18-20 In C.S. Lewis’s, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ,  Prince Caspian and his company set sail to the east to find the seven...

Leviticus 18 In the Sermon on the Mount, the most famous sermon in history, the Lord Jesus went up the mountain, taught his disciples...

Leviticus 17 Back in the 1970s, there was a small Italian family living in a quiet French town. In their modest kitchen hung an old...

Leviticus 16 What is the heart of God? Have you ever wondered what matters most to God? Leviticus 16 reveals that answer. The Torah or...

Leviticus 11-15 “Alright kids, it’s time to get ready for church!” How many times have moms and dads uttered those words? We may remember...

Leviticus 10 On Saturday June 24, 1899, four Denver journalists from four different Denver newspapers met at the train station hoping to...

Romans 13:8-14 On May 22 1985, Richard Pryor starred as Montgomery Brewster, a minor league relief pitcher with the Hackensack Bulls, who...