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When we were getting ready to plant the church 10 years ago, we decided to work through a book called Don’t Call it a Comeback, edited by Kevin DeYoung and written by a number of prominent pastors. The general idea of the book was to root deeply into what had always been the core of […]

When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.  If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you […]

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not […]

I had the privilege of going over to Great Commandment Ministries (GCM) in Yakima for the first part of this week to teach on the Theology of Creativity. My connection to this ministry came through Pete Williamson, who taught there a number of times before joining the staff a few years ago. I was a […]

This last Sunday, we talked about how the second chapter of Jonah points us forward to Christ and His sacrifice and descent to the grave. However, one of the things that stands out as we dig a little deeper into this chapter is that it is a combination of several different Psalms, rephrased and used […]

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with […]

Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone | Matthew 14:22–23 I love that the gospels, a […]

When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”“O death, where is your victory?O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks […]

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” | 1 Peter 1:14–17 On Sunday, Andrew used the analogy of chipped Ikea […]