The church is the body of Christ and he has pledged himself to her forever. The church is distinguished by her gospel message, her sacred ordinances, her discipline, her great mission, and, above all, by her love for God, and by her members’ love for one another and for the world. Crucially, this gospel we cherish has both personal and corporate dimensions, neither of which may properly be overlooked. Christ Jesus is our peace: he has not only brought about peace with God, but also peace between...
Aug 11, 2025•52 min
As citizens of God’s Kingdom, believers are called to live as salt and light in a world marked by decay and darkness, preserving what is good, illuminating what is true, and engaging the world with truth and grace. We are not to withdraw in isolation or lose our distinct witness by conforming to the world, but to seek the good of the city and love our neighbors as ourselves. Though not yet fully realized, God’s Kingdom is already present, a powerful, redemptive force that advances against the da...
Aug 07, 2025•39 min
The work of the Holy Spirit is revealed in us when we experience genuine conviction and a longing to turn from our sin. No longer consumed by self, we begin to look outward with compassion and care for others. Within the church, each person is entrusted with unique gifts and callings, given by the Spirit to glorify God and serve His people. Though we differ in function and form, we are drawn together in Christ, called to live in unity and to seek it continually through the power of the Spirit....
Jul 28, 2025•35 min
As we contemplate the Holy Spirit, we must guard against diminishing His presence to a faint or subordinate role. Rather, we ought to acknowledge Him fully, as God, equal in glory, majesty, and power within the Godhead. The Holy Spirit is the very presence of God in action, operating in, among, and through His people to accomplish regeneration, salvation, sanctification, and union with Christ. Far from being distant or aloof, the Holy Spirit is God with us—indwelling, sustaining, and drawing nea...
Jul 22, 2025•43 min
How can a sinful person be accepted by a holy God? Justification is a judicial act of God, in which He declares a sinner righteous, not because of the sinner's merit, but because of the righteousness of Christ. By God's grace, this righteousness is imputed to the sinner by faith alone in Jesus Christ. This justification, this Great Exchange, is only possible because the perfect life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Jul 14, 2025•37 min
The redemption of Christ is the period of time in Jesus' life when He was resurrected and then ascended to Heaven. Jesus' ascension establishes the reality of Christ's cession, intercession and mission. It marks the conclusion of His earthly ministry and the beginning of His exalted reign at the right hand of God the Father, fulfilling the Old Testament prophecy. From heaven, Jesus intercedes for His people as our High Priest, perfectly bridging the divide between a holy God and sinful humanity....
Jul 07, 2025•32 min
The humiliation of Christ refers to the period in Jesus’ life when He willingly emptied Himself and took on human form, remaining obedient to the point of death on a cross. While fully God and fully human, Jesus willingly subjected Himself to all the limitations, pain, and temptations of this world—yet without sin. His humiliation became the means by which we are offered new life - a life reoriented around Christ, one in which we are not only forgiven but also declared righteous, clothed in His ...
Jun 30, 2025•43 min
What is the Gospel? Paul explains this good news in Romans 1, unpacking the truth that the Gospel is about Jesus; that all of Scripture centers on Him; that His life, death, resurrection, and ascension took place in real time in history; that these truths have been passed down through the apostles who witnessed and testified to these events; and that this good news is the hope of our salvation. The Gospel is the cornerstone of our faith, and the inevitable response from all who hear and believe ...
Jun 23, 2025•39 min
What does it mean that God's plan for salvation is predestined? As we explore the plan of God from all eternity, we see He had a plan to graciously save a chosen multitude of guilty sinners. God furthermore justifies and sanctifies those who by grace have faith in Jesus, and that He will one day glorify them—all to the praise of His glorious grace.
Jun 16, 2025•47 min
Have you ever wondered what the term "total depravity" means? Or feel an unsettling sense of discord in this world begging the question "what is going on?" Why is this happening? These sort of questions inevitably lead us to The Fall, where sin entered the perfect world God created, where doubt and alienation found it's way to the human mind, where separation from God began. But amidst all this, we still find hope.
Jun 09, 2025•35 min
For thousands of years the opening chapters of Genesis have captured the imaginations of both Christians and non-Christians alike. The poetic beauty, majesty, and mystery of this creation narrative captures our imagination and forces us to consider life’s deepest questions. Modern culture says, “You’re free to create your own identity.” But that leads t confusion and anxiety — ask any honest college student. They’re not looking to be told who they can be, but rather who they ought to be. That an...
Jun 02, 2025•29 min
When God created man and woman with distinct differences, He did so with intentionality. Why are these differences important and as believers, how can we embrace them in order to bring honor and glory to our Creator?
Jun 02, 2025•46 min
Through revelation, we are able to better understand who God is. By the moving of the Holy Spirit through the writers of the Bible, God reveals His character, His essence, His nature, to us. As we submit ourselves to the Word, may we discover who God is overflowing in the words we read.
May 19, 2025•34 min
God has graciously disclosed his existence and power in the created order, and has supremely revealed himself to fallen human beings in the person of his Son, the incarnate Word. Moreover, this God is a speaking God who by his Spirit has graciously disclosed himself in human words: we believe that God has inspired the words preserved in the Scriptures, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, which are both record and means of his saving work in the world. As God’s people hear, believe...
May 12, 2025•38 min
What does it mean that we believe in a Triune God? We often hear "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" but how can we understand each of these together as one thing also with their own distinctions? The Bible has an abundance of references to the Godhead and how we can understand each of them individually and as one. As we walk through knowing God truly, may we see ourselves as undeserving victors in the welcoming arms of our Father, through the Son, by the Spirit.
May 05, 2025•35 min
As we pursue truth through understanding doctrine and wrestling with theological questions, we can find delight in the Lord, with our actions stemming from a place of knowing what we believe. Even more, when the church serves as that pillar of truth, we can all come TOGETHER and worship, rooted in the same truth, united in Christ.
Apr 28, 2025•32 min
Easter is brimming with hope, hope of light after darkness, hope of life after death. The resurrection of Jesus is not just a part of our faith, but it is the cornerstone and often times we can hurry through what is actually unfolding. Have we reckoned with the events of the resurrection, as the women at the tomb did, and walk through the door of abundant life that Jesus has opened?
Apr 22, 2025•39 min
In our fallen world, we feel the tension and restlessness in our souls, that this isn't our home, this isn't our final destination. But in rejoicing, remembering, and fearing the Lord, we are able to turn toward our Creator where our hearts and souls will find the the true rest we seek.
Apr 14, 2025•48 min
It is a common sight at any high school football game to find “Phil 4:13” etched onto the eye black of a player — “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” The desire to honor Christ in public is a noble one, but honest biblical interpretation requires that we understand texts in their proper contexts. The Apostle Paul writes these famous words not under glowing lights surrounded by adoring fans, but alone under house arrest as he faces an uncertain future. What keeps him joyful, con...
Apr 10, 2025•22 min
Have you ever sought out investment advice? Ecclesiastes offers direction on how to steward the good gifts God has given us - speaking and living with intentionality and wisdom.
Apr 08, 2025•37 min
There’s a cynicism that permeates our culture that looks at the idea of “prayers” as an ignorant kind of wish-fulfillment in the face of life’s anxieties. Maybe you asked somebody if they’ve prayed about a particular circumstance only to be met by ridicule. Stop giving me those trite Christian cliches. But we need to be honest — do we pray? G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” Do we lay our anxieties...
Apr 03, 2025•22 min
In this chapter, we read illustrations of folly and wisdom, revealing both their strengths and weaknesses, and as we intentionally fight the uphill battle of pursuing wisdom daily, we will find that the trajectory of seeking wisdom will lead you to Jesus.
Mar 31, 2025•35 min
The enemy of every coach is complacency — the belief that past success guarantees future victory. As the saying goes, NFL means “Not for long”. Paul shares this mindset in Philippians, urging believers not to rest on spiritual achievements but to press forward toward the prize: At the finish line — new creation, resurrection, and eternal glory. Along the way: divisions, distractions, and discouragements. But the mind of Christ, who gave up the distractions of earthly vanity to gain the glory of ...
Mar 27, 2025•19 min
In Good Will Hunting , a math professor watches in anguish as Will Hunting burns a page of groundbreaking equations—his life’s passion reduced to ashes. Will, however, is unfazed. This clash of values mirrors Paul’s perspective. He takes everything his opponents prize—status, heritage, achievement—and sets it ablaze. Circumcision, Pharisaic righteousness, and zeal for God are mere ash heaps compared to the surpassing worth of knowing Christ. True status isn’t found in human credentials but in be...
Mar 20, 2025•22 min
God created the world with complexities that we come up against every day, whether it be authority, justice, or wisdom, and as we enter into a state of fully understanding these things, we must turn our eyes to the Creator who holds all the answers and with whom we will dwell for eternity.
Mar 17, 2025•40 min
In Ecclesiastes 7, we read of Solomon wrestling with darkness and reconciling this with God's sovereignty, which requires us to consider how we too can rightly view God amidst our adversities, pressing into humility and recognizing God as the orchestrator of everything under the sun.
Mar 13, 2025•47 min
There’s a saying in media and communications that “the medium is the message,” meaning the way content is delivered often has more impact than the content itself. If this is true, then the fact that much of the New Testament consists of letters holds great significance. Letters represent personal connections between individuals and communities. Paul’s epistles, in particular, are deeply personal, filled with specific greetings, appeals, and applications. They are messages from friends to friends...
Mar 13, 2025•20 min
The Christian life requires effort. While some may be accustomed to the phrase, “Let go and let God,” suggesting that passivity in obedience magnifies God’s grace, nothing could be further from the truth. As J.I. Packer aptly stated, “The Christian’s motto should not be ‘Let go and let God’ but ‘Trust God and get going.’” Grace is opposed to works, not action. Just as an adopted child dishonors their status by rejecting their family’s ways, so too does a Christian who neglects obedience. It is p...
Mar 06, 2025•21 min
The illustrations in Ecclesiastes reveal the darkness we experience in this life and require us to pause and consider if how we handle suffering allows us to realize and better appreciate seeing the true Light.
Mar 02, 2025•40 min
Humility, central to our faith, defied Roman ideals of virtue and honor, where it was seen as weakness—reserved for slaves, women, and children. Yet, Scripture repeatedly elevates these very groups as models of faith. This is the scandal of Christianity: at its core is a God who humbles Himself. How can we follow Him while clinging to pride? True humility isn’t mere niceness—Jesus feared no man, and it led Him to the cross. Genuine humility seeks the good of others at any cost, just as Christ, t...
Feb 27, 2025•21 min
