I haven’t done a blog post in a while and two things occurred to me during this blogless time. The first was that no one seemed to notice which is kind of humbling. I’ve not received a single text, tweet, email, Facebook post, Instagram thing, whatever it is Instagram...

Psalm 51 August 28, 2023 Psalm 51 is a psalm I turn to often. David wrote it after the prophet Nathan was sent to him by God to confront him over his adulterous and ultimately murderous relationship with Bathsheba. The psalm finds David crying out to God for mercy,...

1 Peter 3:1-2, 1 Samuel 25:2-35, Proverbs 31 August 10, 2023 My last blog addressed what it means from a Christian perspective to be a man who seeks to live in a way that’s pleasing to God. This time, it’s the ladies' turn… When God created Eve and presented her to...

Act Like Men, Be Strong: 1 Corinthians 16:13 July 31, 2023 “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” We hear the term “toxic masculinity” a lot these days. It’s a label that implies that even at our most...

1Corinthians 5:1-5, 2. Corinthians 2:5-11 Ever since churches began, there have been churches that have been rocked by scandal and there probably is no greater hurt that a Christian can experience than when a church leader or a segment of the congregation experiences...

1Corinthians 1:18-31 Here are a couple of verses that may be the most controversial of any that Paul writes in the New Testament. This is from 1 Corinthians 1:18-19. “The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being...

2 Thessalonians 3:6-14 A lot of what I deal with as a counseling pastor is helping people whose lives have been so negatively impacted by the sins of a loved one that they’re at their wit’s end. They’re fed up. There’s nothing more heartbreaking than to hear someone...

Luke 23:32-43 The account of Jesus’ interaction with the thieves crucified on either side of Him is provided in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. If you read all three, you’ll notice some interesting consistencies between Matthew and Mark, while Luke provides a...

Matthew 17 Faith. It’s a funny thing, isn’t it? It’s easy for us to have faith that the plane we’re about to board is going to get us where we’re going. It’s easy for us to have faith that the sun’s going to rise in the morning and set at night. Here in North...

Hebrews 10:8-36 A question that I get asked quite a bit as it relates to Bible study is, “If Jesus has made a New Covenant with us in the New Testament, why do I have to study the Old Testament?” My fast answer is because Jesus resides on every page of the Old...