[Audio for this sermon can be found here.] Most people are left struggling with a measure of guilt when they do something wrong, especially when their actions hurt someone else. The question is: How does one deal with this guilt? The answer our popular culture gives is either ignore itContinue Reading
[Sermon audio available here.] The scandal of Christianity is that central to its message is suffering and death. Suffering and death are the two things that the world tries to avoid at all costs. What our society values is in many respects the opposite of what Christianity holds dear. PopularContinue Reading
There are different kinds of pleasures in this life, and then there is what the Bible describes as joy. Can you imagine the rush of pleasure that Adam felt when he ate of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden? For a moment, he must have felt like heContinue Reading
There is nothing quite like song to make you remember. God made it this way. Therefore, it is little wonder that God had Moses compose a song to help his chosen people, Israel, remember the essence of God’s covenant made at Mt. Sinai. The Song of Witness was to serveContinue Reading
Where does the Holy Spirit fit into the Christian life? Sadly, there is much confusion when it comes to the answers to this question in the broader church today. Some people are so focused on the Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ is pushed into the background, or even forgotten. TheContinue Reading
Why do you work? Well, it depends on what kind of work, doesn’t it? We work for our bosses to get a paid, for a good review and for promotion. If we don’t work, we will likely lose our job. As students, we work to get to the next standardContinue Reading
The early church, during the time of Paul and Titus, had many things stacked against her. Christians were considered an odd and sometimes dangerous minority in the first-century Greek and Roman world. People were suspicious of them. For one, Christians were notorious for being unwilling to worship Caesar and theContinue Reading
The sheep in the churches on the island of Crete were surrounded by dangerous animals. One of Crete’s poet-prophets, Epimenides, once joked that the absence of wild beasts on the island could be explained by the presence of humans. Cretans were known for being lovers of money, viciously greedy, liarsContinue Reading
You have probably heard the saying: “You are what you eat.” If you eat too much or eat a steady diet of fast food, your body will pay a price. If you eat too little or too much of the same thing, you will feel the effects. What can beContinue Reading
During our service this past Sunday evening, we confessed Heidelberg Catechism Q/A 1: What is your only comfort in life and in death? That I, with body and soul, both in life and in death,1 am not my own,2 but belong to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ,3 who with HisContinue Reading
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