The Hagar Option

by | May 29, 2018 | Weekly Words

Blessed are all who take refuge in him. | Psalm 2.12b   Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.                 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;                                 I have no good apart from you.” | Psalm 16.1–2 Last Sunday, we said that the...

Humility and exaltation

by | May 15, 2018 | Weekly Words

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you. | 1 Peter 5:6 On Sunday, the Psalmist (Psalm 1) drove a sharp distinction between the way of God and the way of the wicked. The way of the wicked is not as wicked...

The purpose of children

by | May 2, 2018 | Weekly Words

This week, we had the privilege of baptizing four people, all of whom are children of believers. This coming week, we will be doing our parent covenant ceremony, in which parents (and the church) commit to raising children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. In a...

Christianity and Nominalism

by | Apr 17, 2018 | Uncategorized

I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are...