The Season of LentOne of the ways that we as a church can participate with the larger Church around the world is to observe certain days and seasons that make up the “church year.” Within the first two centuries of the early Church the idea of focusing on various aspects of Christ’s birth, life, death, and resurrection at different times of the year had already taken hold and have persisted as a t...  Read More

Chasing Eternity: WisdomThis week I am passing along a fun video overview of the book of Ecclesiastes. Created by the Bible Project, this short video provides a creative graphic presentation of the overall themes of Ecclesiastes in a way that even children can follow. They have created these videos for many other books in Scripture, and all the ones I have seen have been excellent. Enjoy!!!    Cli...  Read More

Chasing Eternity In the Old Testament there are three big categories of literature: history, wisdom/poetry, and prophecy.  In our current sermon series we are hunkering down into one of the trickiest books in the category of wisdom literature: Ecclesiastes. Listed below are each of the books included in OT wisdom with a brief blurb about the unique way that each of them approaches the topic of wis...  Read More

Look UpRecently I was out running late one afternoon. It had been a rough day, and I was probably plodding more than running. Face down, discouraged, simply going through the motions, trying to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Out of nowhere the thought went through my head “Look up!” As Iooked up I was immediately taken aback by the jaw-dropping sunset above my head. I assume it had b...  Read More

Qualifications of an ElderWith the exception of the qualification that elders be able to teach God’s word, all of the other qualifications can be found at different places in the Bible as characteristics that all followers of Christ are encouraged to be characterized by. Spend some time this week reading over the list of qualifications handed out in Sunday’s worship guide (or click HERE to view on...  Read More

A Practice of Racial ReconciliationI learn best by reading, but I also realize there are many people who learn in other ways. So, although I read a ton of things to prepare for my sermons on racial reconciliation, I have only listed below some of the things that I watched or listened to in my preparation. All of the sermons, interviews, podcasts, talks, etc. listed below helped me in some way, sha...  Read More