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I’ve learned over the years that it doesn’t matter which denomination you grew up in. Every one of them have something that everybody loves: a potluck. The joke is, “Where Baptists meet, Baptists eat.” It turns out that can be applied no matter the denomination you substitute. Potlucks have probably…

What is a church? What is its purpose? We are going to spend a few weeks talking about the church and its members. How are we supposed to understand it? What is a church member? How does one become a church member? What does it mean to be a church member? And perhaps more importantly, does it matter?…

If someone walked up to you and asked, “What is the gospel?”—how would you answer? Would you talk about Jesus? Church? Heaven? Maybe you'd say something like, "It’s about being forgiven," or "It’s about God’s love." And you wouldn’t be wrong. But the Bible actually gives us the gospel in one clear, concise…

Today is a very special day in the life of the church. Today we celebrate Palm Sunday, commemorating the day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem to be presented as king. In our Bibles, this event is called the triumphal entry. Everything about this scene is right out of an ancient king’s coronation ceremony playbook.…

We live in a world that is obsessed with performance. We are a busy culture. So much so that your value as a person can be attached to your perceived productivity level. What is your life producing? What is your work producing? What is your 80 hour work week producing? There seems to be an incentive…

One of my favorite movies is the 2006 movie Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. I particularly like the scenes where he is playing a high stakes poker game sitting across the table from the bad guy. His mission is to win the poker game and bankrupt the bad guy so he can’t continue to fund…

I used to love watching The Price is Right. How many of you would always try to guess what the price of something was before the contestant did? I came to find out I should never go on that game show. I’m terrible at guessing the true value of something. Every once in a while I get close, but I’m usually…

This is it! This is the final sermon of our series on 1 Peter. I began this series at the end of August last year. We took a brief break from the time Zoe was born to the new year. This marks the 21st sermon preached on this book. As we approach the final verses of this letter, we will review a bit of…

In 1944, during World War II, the Allied forces believed they were on the verge of victory. The enemy was retreating, and the war seemed almost won. Soldiers began to relax, thinking the worst was behind them. But then, in December of that year, the German army launched a surprise counterattack—the Battle…

The 24 hour news cycle doesn’t even seem to last 24 hours anymore, does it? News flies by at such a rapid pace that I can’t keep up. The best I can do right now is subscribe to a couple email newsletters that summarize headline news into bite-sized articles that try to present news in an unbiased fashion.…