Sermon Video Introduction: One of the common mistakes that Christians make as they think about the Holy Spirit—who was poured out upon the Church at Pentecost—is the mistake of depersonalizing ...
The Holy Spirit and a Sound Mind/Pentecost 2021
Resurrection Authority/Easter 2021
Sermon Video Introduction: Because Jesus rose from the dead, in fulfillment of the words of the ancient prophets (Acts 3:24), and because He did so in fulfillment of His own confident pronouncements ...
I Adjure You by the Living God
Good Friday 2021: The story of our Lord’s passion is a story that is saturated in ironies. One of those ironies is found in how the high priest got Jesus to speak at His trial, and what the Lord ...
And Famously Wrapped in Swaddling Clothes
Christmas Eve 2020: If we understand the message of Christmas rightly, we understand it not only as the celebration of the birth of the Christ, but also as the starting point or birthplace of our faith. According ...
Advent and Angels
Introduction: One of the more obvious things about the Christmas story (as Scripture records it) would be prevalence of angels in it. The angel Gabriel appears to Zechariah to tell him about the birth ...
Advent and Astonishment
Sermon Video Introduction: We sometimes glide over the stupefying doctrines that are entailed by the Christmas miracle. We are accustomed to the story, and so we simply nod our heads at the familiar ...
Advent and Abundance
Introduction: A genuine biblical faith is one that knows how to climb mountains, and how to not get lost in the valleys. In the flesh we know how to get used to what happens to us all the time. But ...
Advent and Affliction
Sermon Video Introduction: Over time, holidays take on a certain patina. Long usage and custom make this unavoidable and necessary, but it remains our responsibility not to allow such later accretions ...
Thanksgiving No Matter What
When we render our thanks to God, we are doing three things that need to be emphasized. When we consider that we are offering up our gratitude in a year when the dirty deeds have been abundant, the scoffers ...
Audio Reading of Post
Lord of Life, Dealer of Death, Giver of Gifts
Sermon Video Introduction: Today we celebrate Pentecost, the ancient harvest festival of the Jews, the great day on which the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the church, and three thousand souls ...