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March 14, 2017

How to spot a fake

Much of the process of figuring out what is true and fake in this world is finding a constant to measure against. Without a basis, we really have no way to ever settle on fact. CS Lewis explores this idea in his essay: Religion: Reality or Substitute? His premise in the essay is that it […]

March 9, 2017

Our liturgy: Why gather?

One of the things that I’ve appreciated most from the various pastors I’ve had is the taking of time to explain why the church does the things they do. Specifically in regards to Sunday gatherings, many churches have similar liturgies, or “forms of worship”—preaching, worship through song, communion—yet the purposes behind these elements often varies church […]

March 1, 2017

Idols, Icons, and the Ark

In the story that we looked at Sunday, we saw God not only force the statue of the Philistine god Dagon to bow, but He also removed the head and arms of the idol to reveal its true nature. The point was: the Creator is not okay with us worshiping His creation. All of this […]

February 27, 2017

Exciting news for Roots Church

Exciting news for Roots Church

I am excited to announce that Roots Church, our Stanwood church plant, will begin public worship services April 23. This means that we are moving to a weekly worship service format with the preached Word and corporate worship. Here’s what else you need to know: When: We will gather every Sunday @ 5 p.m. Where: Services […]

February 20, 2017

Equip Classes: The Meaning of Marriage

Twice a year, we do a four-week series of Equip Classes, a ministry designed to equip the church with biblical wisdom on relevant topics. Starting Wednesday, March 8, we’ll be diving into the topic of marriage, using Tim Keller’s video series, The Meaning of Marriage: A Vision for Marriage and Single People, as our guide. We’ll […]

February 20, 2017

When obedience doesn’t work

“Too often we look for the Spirit in the extraordinary when God has promised to be present in the ordinary. We look for God in the fresh and novel, as if his grace were always an ‘event,’ when he has promised that his Spirit faithfully attends the ordinary means of grace—in the Word, at the […]

February 15, 2017

Knowing His voice

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. | John 10:27 This Sunday we looked at the story of God calling Samuel to be His prophet in 1 Samuel 3 (sermon is here). As God calls him, Samuel is confused by the voice he hears. He keeps responding to Eli, […]

February 14, 2017

Valentine’s Day Reflections from Gary Thomas

Anlee and I have tried to read a number of books on marriage or parenting together, only to get a third of the way through and lose steam for various reasons. But there’s one book we’ve made it through, and absolutely loved: Gary Thomas’ Sacred Marriage. We first read Sacred Marriage as part of our […]

February 8, 2017

Verses on God’s Word

  I mentioned in a recent post that for years I’ve kept a sheet of paper in the front of my Bible with verses about God’s Word: it’s truthfulness, power, sufficiency, etc. Whenever doubts and questions about the value and necessity of God’s Word begin to creep into my head, I read over this list and […]

February 2, 2017

Vision2017

Vision2017

[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. | Matthew 28.19-20 When people […]

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