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If you are looking for four steps through discouragement, then you are going to be disappointed. This is not a prescriptive article. I don’t believe there is an exact formula for this sort of thing. I am offering an account of a difficult season in life and how God moved me through that season. Along … Continue reading 4 Ways God Helped Me Through a Discouraging Pastoral Season
Communion Meditation September 06 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. – John 17:4 Tomorrow our nation will enjoy a day off of work as we celebrate Labor Day, which began as a way of honoring and relieving those laborers who made up the … Continue reading The Labors of Christ
Simple responses to common pro-abortion objections to the pro-life position
A communion meditation on American's 250th birthday
On March 3rd, 2026, James Talarico defeated the flamboyant Jasmine Crocket in the Democratic primary for one of the US Senate seats in Texas. Time will tell if he will be successful in the general election, but he has quickly become a hope for political progressives in a state that has consistently voted conservative. To … Continue reading Progressive Christianity is Already Outdated
Easter Communion Meditation One of the problems that Christians sometimes run into is the problem of having a cold heart. By this we mean that our hearts are not responding in a fitting way to the reality of redemption. Truths that should stir our minds are met with mental dullness and apathy. The passion of … Continue reading If Your Heart is as Cold As Stone
My objections to progressive covenantalism after reading Kingdom Through Covenant
Communion Meditation John 3:14-15: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For this morning’s Communion Meditation, I’m going to tell a bit of a long story with a singular point … Continue reading Look to the Lamb
February 2026 Well, I know you’re all sick of snow. But I can’t help it. I have to talk about the snow. I don’t want to tell you how much I enjoy the snow, because that will just irritate you. But you won’t be able to get mad about what I’m going to tell you … Continue reading Communion Meditation
In light of the immigration turmoil roiling Minnesota, I wanted to summarize some basic concepts that I believe to be helpful and biblical , and if you get through that I will offer my personal conclusions and interpretation of what is happening in Minneapolis at the end. The tragic events of recent days cannot be … Continue reading Illegal Immigration: Let’s THINK about this
