Our nation has been in turmoil of late. We’re under attack, not merely from an invisible virus, but more recently from an all too visible dividing wall of ha...

This week in John’s 3rd Epistle, we will come to a passage that encourages Christian hospitality. It will have a particular point of emphasis in that text, b...

I don’t know about you but I’ve been sensing my limitations lately. It’s nothing new really, other than the degree to which I am feeling it. My capabilities ...

In his classic book, The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis creatively captures what he imagines is the subtle and cunning work of the devil and his minions. It ...

In 1 John 5, we find both a reminder of the gift of belief and a call to actively believe. It is a call that brings life eternal, and life now. But many of u...

This week, we will come to a passage in 1 John 4 which calls us to love one another, but it roots this call to love in our being born of God and knowing Him....

You may not have known it, but last week I was gone. Our elders have given me the privilege of taking a study week to get away, prepare for our future sermon...

This Friday, let us look back in on Peter, and more importantly, on Jesus. We’ve heard about Jesus’ prayer for him. Here, the story continues. But first I mu...

Thursday Evening of Easter Week brought the Passover meal and the Lord’s Supper. After the Supper, the pace of events seemed to quicken. It was an evening of...

In the early part of Easter Week, the gospel accounts indicate that Jesus spent the majority of His time teaching and preaching. Under the inspiration of the...

On Tuesday of Easter Week, we find Jesus doing battle, confronting the religious leaders who could not see His true identity and who rejected His gospel of g...

This Easter week, together we’ll read Luke’s account of Jesus’ week leading up to and including His death, burial, and resurrection. As best we can, we’ll tr...

How is a Christian to respond when the government encourages, or even mandates social isolation? Fear and anger, possibly because we are not getting all the ...

Why do we worship? Some of us may be asking that question for different reasons than we may have several weeks ago. Some of us today are asking because we ar...

Over the past week, everything seems to have changed. Our daily schedules are different. Our relational connectivity is different. Many of us don’t know what...

We often use these midweek devotionals to connect with an upcoming sermon passage. This week, however, I’d like to take us to the psalms, not to interact wit...

This Sunday we will take a week off from 1 John and look to Titus 3. In Titus 3:3-8, Paul outlines for us the foundation of a Christian testimony. In prepara...

What is the role of love in the Christian life? In 1 John, we repeatedly see love as an indicator of new birth and new life. But what kind of love is the Chr...

First John 3 puts a rather shocking contrast before us. We are either children of God, or we are children of the devil. For some, maybe for many, that sounds...

Who is the antichrist? We ask the question for different reasons. Some of us have a fixation on end times guessing games and have come to associate “the Anti...