Exile. If you are like me, you automatically get a picture of a remote desert island. Perhaps you think of Napoleon Bonaparte who was exiled twice; once he was exiled to Elba and another time to St. Helena where he eventually died. Maybe you think of the fictional Robinson Crusoe who was marooned on a … Continue reading Advent Part 3 – Exile, Longing, Home, Satisfaction
The following post is from a two-part sermon preached at Pioneer Bible Church on December 4 and December 11, 2022. Walk As Children of Light1Ephesians 5:3-14 Walking as children of light has two aspects - Negative (what to avoid) and Positive (what to pursue). I. Negative – Avoid Sinful Practices and Words2 A. What is … Continue reading Walk As Children of Light
Let’s begin by reading Luke 2:22-38: Luke 2:22–38 [22] And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord [23] (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be … Continue reading Advent Part 2 – Darkness, Death, Light, Life
The following is part one of a three-part series on Advent. This series is for the adult Sunday School class at Pioneer Bible Church. We are in the season of Advent. I used to view Advent simply as the time leading up to Christmas. Advent is the time every year that we study Matthew 1-2 … Continue reading Advent Part One – Season of Darkness, Death, Exile, and Longing
This post was originally published on December 1, 2020. Since our family is decorating our tree this evening, I thought of this post and wanted to share this idea again. I believe this will be an annual tradition. Our family decorated our Christmas tree yesterday evening. It is always fun to take out ornaments from … Continue reading Ornamental Prayer Prompts
This is an excerpt from a sermon preached on Ephesians 5:1-2 which reads: "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Everyone who is in Christ is a new creation – a child of … Continue reading Beloved Children of God
Every time I open my internet app I am bombarded with news of impending doom. The oil market is not good, food prices are soaring, a recession is coming, powerful countries are aggressive, natural disasters are coming in waves. Watching the news and interacting with neighbors can cause anxiety to heighten. The Lord Jesus' words … Continue reading Do Not Be Anxious About Tomorrow
As I watch the news, listen to speeches filled with empty promises and absolute nonsense, and watch the downward spiral of our culture, there are biblical descriptors that continually come to mind. Maybe you have thought of these verses lately. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. (Judges 17:6b, 21:25b) There is a … Continue reading Wage War Against Despair
The following post is a study that I prepared for an Adirondack Pastor's Fellowship in 2020. If any of you from that fellowship read this, please know that I love and miss you! 1. The suffering of Christ has brought us to God (1 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 53:5-7) For Christ also suffered once for sins, … Continue reading A Brief Theology of Suffering
The following post is the complete study on God's names, which first appeared as individual posts from June 3, 2022-August 5, 2022. You can find links to each original post here. You can also find a PDF version of this study on the Free Resources page. Introduction In American culture, names rarely describe a person’s … Continue reading Seven Names of God
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