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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time […]

“Life … is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”  | William Shakespeare, Macbeth   It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.   | Ralph Waldo Emerson   In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death […]

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards […]

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but […]

This week my parents retired. After a career dedicated to teaching high school kids, they taught their last classes. My dad was given the honor of giving the graduation speech and what follows is a perfect representation of how I was raised and how he lived his life. It also happens to dovetail perfectly with […]

But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. | Ephesians 4.7 One of the biggest mistakes Christianity has made is to read the gospel through a Platonic lens. Plato believed that everything on this earth was nothing more than form of something divine. In other words, what […]

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and […]

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should […]

The mission of our church is simple (in concept, not implementation). As a church, we want to live out the Great Commission, given to Jesus by His disciples at the end of His life: And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore […]