I’ve been teaching through Romans since the first of the summer — what a humble delight and learning experience. In fact, every chapter I come to seems to be my favorite! Here are 9 observations from Romans 9. (By the way, they’ll make more sense … Read More
Zambian Fare in Iowa
My Zambian friends arrived yesterday, and what a treat this will be for our family and church to host these 16 students for a few weeks. In fact, we already got Brooke and Breanna started on the basics of Zambian fare. Just watch…
Q and A from Romans 8:1-17
After teaching from Romans 8 yesterday about life according to God’s indwelling Spirit (as opposed to life according to indwelling sin in Romans 7), the following questions surfaced. Here’s a bit more insight to help, as I suspect these kinds of questions may have been … Read More
Peter and Paul on Washingtons and Lincolns
Just because the market is slow and the budget flat doesn’t mean that the work of the church has to be as well. Quite the contrary! In times when money is sparse, opportunities are endless. Sometimes, though, we think you have to have one to … Read More
I’ve Traded In My Trench Coat!
Here is an excerpt from a recent message I preached on the glorious doctrine of imputation and the grand truth of God’s bigger-than-my-sin grace that it showers upon us! “Oh, for 1,000 tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise!” [This is only audio; no video … Read More
New Book Released
New book, “Different, Not Just Better,” was released at First Family yesterday…humbled by the great response among the body. Love the sheep in that fold! You can read it online here (sorry, it’s not downloadable, just readable), or call out office to order a hard copy ($7.00). http://firstfamilyministries.com/content.cfm?id=2239