It was the custom of the early church to reenact the events of holy week, with the purpose that they might all the more relive and participate in the death and resurrection of Jesus.  Romans 6 reminds us that His death also means that we die in a real way with current implications. His resurrection means that we also live with newness of life.  Below are brief explanations of the main events with suggestions on how to prepare both you and your family for these days, so that we might all the more experience what it means to abide day...

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WHY:  I am often astonished at the disconnect between the glory of God in worship and the heart I bring into worship.  I relate to John Owen when he said, “What poor thoughts have men of God and his ways, who think there lies an acceptable glory and beauty in a little plant and varnish!”  In our words, how easy it is to come to church thinking more of the gardening needed to be done or the lunch needed to be prepared!    David knew this disconnect, knowing his heart was prone to wonder, even having his worst of rebellion...

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With cancer so prevalent these days, almost all of us know someone who has suffered from such a horrible disease.  Many of us wonder what we would do if we heard news from our doctor that our bodies are infected.  Let me ask an interesting question: Would such news be good?  In one way, we would say of course not! But it depends does it not?  No one would wish for such a diagnosis,  but it were there, it would be foolish to reject the news from a wise doctor.  And who would not welcome the news if a cure were available? ...

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  Abortion is a hot topic among Evangelicals, and it should be.  But the reason we care does not begin with connection to a political party, a political leaning or ideological preference. Christians care about children, whether children in the womb or not, because they are created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-27).  We have been given by God a certain sovereignty over plants and animals in regards to their life, but not over fellow man. God alone may give and take life.  So God says, “whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in...

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Kinkos was a perfect place to study in seminary because of its late hours and convenient vending machine, of which I took advantage on one particularly strenuous week of studying.  It was mid-term testing and I needed to know a lot of Colossians for a Greek class, so I studied God’s Word in the original language for hours up at Kinkos that week, just me and my vending machine.    I did fairly well on the written test that Thursday, but I failed another type of test that week. It was the test on “The Goal of Knowledge.” See, I finished...

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