What are your expectations when you come to worship? Do you anticipate hearing an edifying sermon? Do you look forward to singing favorite songs or seeing friends? Are you eager to come to the weekly services of the church? Or has worship...
The graceless man is hard to stomach. Not only because what we see in him frustrates us, but we all too often see him in the mirror. In Luke 15, tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus and eating with him. The Pharisees and Scribes...
The actions of Adam and Eve in the garden after they had sinned tells us much about mankind. When they heard God walking in the garden they hid themselves. Man has been running from God ever since. Like an ostrich buries its head in the sand to...
I sat across the table from my friend and mentor Tom Ascol enjoying a morning coffee at a local restaurant. He was the Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church. I was approaching 30 with seven years of pastoral ministry in my rearview mirror. After...
Unity is a thing to be maintained. Ephesians 4:3 says to be “eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit.” Unity must be kept, preserved, and guarded. If you kick your feet up on this one and just go with the flow, you will find...
One of the miracles of our salvation is that God makes us into his very own home. Most of us would pass on such lousy building material. But God, being the master builder he is, lays Christ the cornerstone and then transforms rotten lumber into...