His Little Princess

Warning: This may seem like I am on a soapbox. The easy answer is I am. If you are someone who calls himself a Christian yet lives a life of...

Doctrinal Care Romans 3:9-18 Anthropology - the study of man. This is more of studying the doctrine of man which then implements itself into...

Live by Faith.  Hebrews 11:20-22 Dying Well. They chose the ends of these men's lives to describe them, their deaths. Isaac, Jacob, and ...

Matthew 19:27, 20:1-16  - "Peter answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?" Peter...

Christ's reputation was going before them. He was already a bit famous. Christ chooses words carefully, using words like "The Lord ...

Isaiah 26:19, Job 19:25-26 Resurrection: The Marrow of Christianity Christ's resurrection is our resurrection. The woman went to help wi...

1 Peter 2:1-10 Desiring the Word Doctrine in an inescapable category. You cannot avoid it or be neutral about it. If not a Christian doctrin...

Lent V - Giving Up Modernity for Lent  Matthew 6:24 / II Kings 17:41 You cannot serve two masters. When you replace God, you exchange your g...

1) Sovereignty is totalistic. All or nothing. God cannot be sovereign in one area but not another. God is an immanent God, He is nearby.   2...

"As Pastors we need to keep in mind and teach God's people of the distinction between the love of God's benevolence or mercy, a...

Epiphany Part 7 - The Manifestation of Christ's Desire Matthew 28:16-20 "The Great Commission" - 3 Ways We Misread It 1) We th...

Harmony of believers. Reformation must happen within cultures for the atonement to have any meaning. Without it, you have tyrannical governm...

"But the Kingdom of God also defines the Church in its relation to the world. The Church has a foundation of its own, has its own rules...

"This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have f...

"Lent 1 - The Manifestation of Christ's Desire II" Matthew 28:16-20 Lent is a time of confession and repentance. But Protestan...

Epiphany Part 6 - The Manifestation of the God-Man as Merciful Matthew 11:25-30 Often we get caught up in the emphasis of God's harsh ju...

Epiphany Part 4 -- "Transfigured" Mark 9:2-32 There is a good deal of imagery going on in this passage. There is a symbolic image ...

Epiphany Part 3.5 -- Jesus' First Miracle John 2:1-11 The wedding part is important, but it is Christ that is shown forth through this p...

Epiphany #3 - The Naming of Jesus  Luke 2:22-40 This was the day of dedication to God of the baby Christ. Epiphany - a making known. There a...

Epiphany #2- Baptism of Christ; the Fulfillment of God's Law Matthew 3:13-17 Baptism is a setting apart as unique and to be used by God....