Happy Thanksgiving! It’s always good to recognize and reflect on what we are thankful for. I believe it is fitting that Thanksgiving falls directly before the Advent season. For what could we be more thankful than the God of all creation leaving Heaven’s splendor to come to earth and live among his people? What’s worth celebrating more than Jesus entering … Read More

It’s officially Fall in the Northeast – vibrant foliage, pumpkin-flavored everything, festivals, costumes and candy. Autumn happens to be my favorite of the four seasons. Maybe it’s because I hardly experienced any seasonal changes in my native stomping grounds of Orlando, Florida. What you might not realize is that Fall, or more specifically, the end of October is celebrated around the globe … Read More

Christmas is coming! Yes, I know we need to get there one holiday at a time. First Halloween and then Thanksgiving, but Christmas is coming. I know that because some places are actually playing Christmas music already. How dare they! Christmas season for our family is a time when we do everything humanly possible to spend time together. I love … Read More

I think it’s fair to say that all of us were shocked by the violence that took place last week in Charlottesville, Virginia. And you may still be reeling from the vile, racist, hate-filled demonstration which claimed three lives and was dozens of injuries. The cruelty directed toward African Americans in Charlottesville and the threatening rhetoric and violence hurled at … Read More

Many of us go through life without comprehending the seriousness of our sins nor do we comprehend that God hates sin. Sin is not subjective. It is breaking the absolute standard that God has declared in His Word. The Bible makes it crystal clear that all of us have sinned against God. In fact, in his letter to the church in … Read More

For the past several weeks, we’ve been studying the “Fruit of Spirit,” the nine Holy Spirit empowered characteristics which evidence “Internal Gospel Growth”. We’ve learned that each highlights an attribute of our glorious God who displayed perfect love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, and self-control in the incarnation. Incredibly, as God’s adopted children we also empowered by the Spirit to … Read More

This Sunday, May 28 we will conclude our study of the Gospel According to John. As I look back over the 70+ Sundays we have been in this book, I am amazed at how incredibly simple and yet incredibly profound it is. I will miss our studies together, but I also want to give thanks to God for this eyewitness … Read More

In just a few weeks, we will be hosting a book study of R.C. Sproul’s What is Reformed Theology? Understanding the Basics. We’ll discuss the fundamental beliefs that rose from the Protestant Reformation. Though we are 500 years removed from the Reformers, their rediscovery of the gospel and a God-centered theology profoundly impacts us today. As we read the book together, we will … Read More

Download the 2017 Passion Week Devotional April 9th marks the beginning of Passion Week, the time of year that we reflect on our Lord’s suffering, death, and triumphal resurrection from the grave. For Christians, it’s both sobering and joyful to encounter the cross and the empty tomb. It reminds us of the ugliness of sin as well as the loveliness … Read More

As we gather together this Sunday for corporate worship, our Scripture lesson will come from John 18. The historical narrative takes place early Friday morning on the day Jesus is crucified. Jesus has already been illegally tried by the Jewish authorities and unjustly found guilty of the crime of blasphemy. He claimed to be the Son of God, and he … Read More