Advent 2019: Mothers of the Messiah

How a story begins shapes everything that follows. Consider A Christmas Carol: “Marley was dead, to begin with.” What better way for Charles Dickens to set the mood, shape readers’ expectations, and foreshadow the themes of his ghostly tale than with that eerie...

Why is the Book of Judges in the Bible?

This morning we begin a sermon series through the biblical book of Judges. If you’re not very familiar with Judges, let me offer a few words of description: chaotic, violent, graphic, bleak. This is humanity at its worst. Deception, oppression, cowardice, narcissism,...

Book Recommendation

I commend to you a book by a former pastor of mine:  She’s Got The Wrong Guy by Deepak Reju. I’d like to convince you to read and benefit from it, and that you need more than the book. As a pastor I feel joy that our godly young women love and serve God, but...