Often, on the heels of a message, I’ll post additional articles for our hearers that give further insight, clarity, and application regarding that text and/or topic. Such is the case today, and the topic we’re boring into more deeply is repentance (Mark 1:1-8). Undoubtedly, repentance … Read More
The Criminal Nature of New York’s Publicly Declared Death Wish on Babies
It’s so horrifically appalling it leaves me speechless. To be sure, murdering any baby (i.e., abortion) at any stage of pregnancy is dreadfully inhumane. But the newly envisioned standards set forth in New York and Virginia go beyond even that level of selfish wickedness and … Read More
Let’s “Score” Some Additional Insight into Singing
To complement my message from Colossians 3:16 on the essential habit of congregational singing, here are some extra articles and podcasts on the subject as well. What if I Can’t Sing? Sing Your Heart Out at Church (Even If You Hate the Music) The Role … Read More
Fasting: A Few Words on Why and How
Fasting is the spiritual discipline that forces us to face the reality that there is something more important and essential to our life than even food. It’s God and his kingdom, and when we fast, we grow into the realization that, though the physical world … Read More
The Five (non Fox News Style)
The narrative of Namaan in 2 Kings 5 is essentially an Old Testament missionary story that serves as a window into God’s amazing saving work. It is a historical event that displays theological truths about the most remarkable thing that has been—and is—going on in … Read More
Proximity, Complexity, and Simplicity
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways” (Romans 11:33). The closer I get to something, the larger it gets. And the larger it gets, the more appreciative I become. It’s … Read More
Monday Morning Musings for September 17, 2018
The more I meditate on “seeking what’s up” and “setting my mind on what’s up” (Colossians 3:1-4), the more I realize what’s truly going on: a glory war. That’s right —whose glory will occupy my attention: God’s or man’s? When I’m earth-bound and horizontally focused, … Read More
Monday Morning Musings for September 10, 2018
I bet many of you have heard the verse in Isaiah 55 that promises God’s Word will not return void. Remember it? Just in case, here it is: “So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me … Read More
Monday Morning Musings for September 3, 2018
The Gospel Grid in 1 Corinthians 15, which I explain in this message, isn’t a one-off sidebar or single-referenced mention in Scripture. Not at all! It’s everywhere by instruction and example. And just this past week God’s Word was so encouraging to me as I read … Read More
Monday Morning Musings for August 27, 2018
The miracle of forgiveness keeps rolling around in my head. And its mandate as well. No doubt they’re connected, and the order matters. In meditating on the topic this morning, I realized something particular to those of us who serve on a church staff: we … Read More