The great 19th-century preacher Charles H. Spurgeon once said, "Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is...

Something very strange often happens when people come to the scripture. People who are in every other circumstance able to distinguish...

This last week we celebrated Easter. It is a beautiful time of celebration and remembrance for who Christ is, what he accomplished on the...

Analogies can be beneficial rhetorical devices. They can help us understand something by relating two things together so that our minds...

In our last post, we talked about the importance of the sacraments as ordinary means of grace. Where when we come together as the church...

Everyone understands the concept of something being sacred, even if they do not understand the word. Something is sacred when it is...

When we were children gathered around the Christmas tree, we were filled with wonder at the presents that were laid out before us. Boxes...

If you have read through the book of Romans you will notice something striking about how Paul arranges his letter. He uses a rhetorical...

There have been many different issues that have come up for debate throughout the history of the church. On Sunday nights at our church,...

Over the last several weeks, we have looked at various questions from the Heidelberg Catechism concerning the Apostles Creed. Each...

The question of what happens after we die is one that every single person has dealt with or will deal with at some point in their lives....

Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to talk to many different people about various aspects of the Christian religion....

Last week we spent some time talking about what it meant that Christ was the head of the church. We talked about the different names used...

Throughout the New Testament, Jesus is referred to by various different names and titles. He is referred to as the Son of David (Matt...

What are some of the things that encourage you? Perhaps like me, you are motivated by people reaching out to you to say they are thinking...

We have spent some time over the last few weeks talking about names and titles. We talked about the name Jesus, and the title Christ. We...

Names are an interesting thing. I really enjoy a good name, not that I have ever been all that great at remembering them. Recently I had...

Have you ever looked at a 3-D Picture? You know one of those pictures that really messes with your mind and makes you think that you are...

Have you ever thought about why we use different words or where they come from? Words are fascinating and understanding how they came to...

There are many, many, aspects of eastern mysticism that have made their way into the church over the last couple of centuries. One of the...