A few weeks ago, I was saddened to hear that a major pastoral influence in my life, Tim Keller, had passed away from Pancreatic Cancer. Keller was a retired pastor who had lived out most of his ministry at Redeemer Presbyterian, a church in the heart of Manhattan, sharing the Gospel with young college students, artists, and businesspeople in the city.    Of course, there is little reason to b...  Read More

“The only way you can fail at the task of family discipleship is by not doing anything.” - Dr. Dan Burrell, John Rawlings School of Divinity, Liberty UniversityThose were Dr. B’s departing words as we wrapped up our class focusing on family discipleship. While we may be able to take some issue with his statement, Dr. B was on target. As parents, our call is to be the primary disciple-makers in our...  Read More

At the very end of last year, a friend invited me to join a small group of people that would be reading The One Year Bible together.  Today’s reading has stirred my heart and I want to share it with you.1 Kings 8, tells the story of the dedication of the first temple in Jerusalem by King Solomon.  David had prepared the way, but now Solomon has the honor and privilege of building and dedicating th...  Read More

About a month ago, we finished up a series on our church's statement of faith. In that series, we looked at 10 statements regarding our faith that are foundational (you can find the statement itself HERE) a number of people have asked me to put this in written form. (remember… One is “a number “:) I agreed… This might be helpful for some people… I hope it is.So, following an outline of that messag...  Read More

Idols are an interesting thing. They sneak into our lives and subtly fool us into replacing God with themselves. Some idols are more evident than others but each of us has something that we are inclined to idolize. As followers of Christ, we are all aware that idolatry is sinful and must be avoided. But we can be unaware of what the Bible actually says about idolatry. Today we will look at what Go...  Read More

Some people take the time to smell the roses, yet some people don't even recognize that the roses exist.  Which are you?  Maybe you waffle between the two?    Some people try to do too little.  Some people try to do too much.   Which are you?  More waffling?Sometimes, if we aren't careful, we can find ourselves running a rat race, in so many different directions, without even considering the point...  Read More