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Sermon: Exodus 14-15: God’s Guidance
The Israelites' dramatic escape from Egypt through the parted Red Sea demonstrates five key truths about how God guides His people: His guidance is clear, counter-intuitive, for our good, opposed by e
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Interview
Ministry roundtable discussion with Challies, Cosper, Perman, Thacker, and Schumacher
Weeks in to the global coronavirus shutdown, there have been numerous articles, interviews, think pieces, and a ton of speculation. I guess I’m late to the party. :) I had the opportunity to sit down with five of the smartest people I know and ask them what they were thinking, feeling, reading, and wondering about […]
Devotional
Victory through faltering faith
Bible in 90 days – Day 18 – Judges 3-15 Judges 6:15-16 ESV “And [Gideon] said to [the angel] ‘Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, […]
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The (actual) promises of God never fail.
Bible in 90 days – Day 16 – Joshua 1-14 Joshua 11:22 ESV “There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel.” The feared giants, descendants of the Nephilim, the very people that Israel pointed at to say “taking the promised land is impossible!” – all gone, just as […]
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Flourishing in Oppression
Bible in 90 Days – Day 5 – Exodus 1-15 “But the more they [the Egyptians] oppressed them [the Israelites], the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.” Exodus 1:12 CSB This is the history of all God’s people. When oppressed, they multiply and spread. This is God’s […]
Devotional
God Plans Pain
Bible in 90 Days – Day 4 – Genesis 40-50 Genesis 50:20 CSB (Joseph to his betraying brothers…) “You planned evil against me, God planned it for good to bring about the present result – the survival of many people.” One of the most famous verses in Genesis. Used usually to attempt to comfort those […]
Devotional
God, our shield and our reward
Bible in 90 days: Day 1 – Genesis 1-16 “Fear not, Abram. I am your shield. Your reward will be very great.” Genesis 15:1 ESV God protects and provides for those whom He calls. We do not need to attempt to make a name for fret over our own safety. This is what the Babylonian […]
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Sermon: Our Fear & God's Faithfulness
Moses recounts select episodes from Israel's 40-year wilderness journey, demonstrating how God remained faithful despite the people's fear, stubbornness, and repeated rebellion. Through these carefull
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Sermon: Providence
God's providence - His sovereign control over all creation and events - serves as the foundation for Christian faith and the basis for trusting Him completely with our concerns and fears. Understandin
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Sermon: The Justice and Mercy of God
This sermon tackles the challenging and often-avoided passages of Romans 9-11, which explore difficult questions about God's justice and mercy through a complex question-and-answer format. The pastor
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Free Audiobook: Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
A book that has been one of the most influential to me in terms of understanding the difficult riddle of God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J.I. Packer is free in audiobook format for the month of May. This book put together many pieces that had long concerned and […]