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Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. | Hebrews 12:12-13 On Sunday, I preached on the issue of character. I made the claim that the development of our character […]

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot. | Proverbs 14:30 On Sunday, we looked at Psalm 37, which calls us to trust in God against all odds. David was reminding us that God is bigger than our suffering, but also bigger than the fear of missing out. He […]

Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good | Titus 2:2–4 As we opened up Proverbs a few weeks ago, the focus was on […]

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having […]

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. | Ephesians 4:25 In my sermon Sunday, I ended with a quote from Tim Keller, the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, who passed away on May 19. Over the last […]

See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they […]

Remember this and stand firm,  recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and […]

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. | Isaiah 40:8 This week, we started a sermon series on the minor prophet Habakkuk. In the first chapter, we hear the prophet’s frustrations over the increased corruption in the Promised Land. God’s people are oppressed, violence and injustice reign; […]

[13] These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. [14] For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. [15] If they had been thinking of […]