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Amos - The Lion Roars & Redeems

March 15, 2023

Amos - The Lion Roars & Redeems Have you ever tried to memorize the order of the minor prophets before? Let's be honest, have you tried, got it down for a

Christian hope

Hope for a Hopeless Nation

February 22, 2023

One nation is enlisted by God to discipline another and then they themselves are disciplined for their own idolatries and immoralities. But, in the midst of this series of ruined nations, a kingdom was established with an eternal King.

Ahmaud Arbery

Doing Righteousness with Indignation

May 14, 2020

The Psalms encourage, engender, and express the “patience of the saints” (Revelation 13:10) and the imprecatory Psalms let us voice how hard it is to have and maintain. In our culture, we need these patience-inspiring, peace-seeking Psalms now, rather urgently.

Day of the LORD

Preaching the Day of the LORD

June 15, 2019

Chastening Experience Some time ago I preached a short, summertime series of sermons on the book of Zephaniah. I had studied it in college for an 'Advanced Hebrew' module. I thought

Book of Numbers

Making Sense of Statistics?

October 20, 2018

I've been preparing to give two lectures on Numbers out in Africa next month - I've been delighted at some discoveries I've made in the, I have

Politics

Justice: Between Certainty and Doubt

September 28, 2018

If I can admit it, it's this that gives me a measure of gratitude for what we have in Christianity. As the senate committee stumbled and fumbled in their confusion, I was led to be thankful for the way the wisdom of God meets us in that uncomfortable place.

Five Solas

Pipe Up Pastor: Justification, Sanctification, Good Works, and Judgment

October 13, 2017

Hold up! Someone on the internet is wrong. I think. Maybe. Perhaps. At least that's what I was told. She says it's him. He says it's her.

Ebola

Crisis Management

October 23, 2014

The current Ebola epidemic has dwarfed all previous outbreaks of this potent and deadly virus. Since it was first discovered in 1976 variants of the Ebola virus have infected 2,387 people in