Our culture has much to say about identity formation: look inwards and express outwards to achieve your identity in this world. The Bible says the opposite: look outward to God,…
Our good God, who made us male and female, created sex and marriage. He did so for procreation, for pleasure, for intimacy and for Gospel-signage that every Christian marriage is…
Our good God who made us physical beings in His image, made us male and female. That is to say He made women. He formed woman from man and for…
Our good God who made us physical beings in His image, made us male and female. That is to say He made men. The created order of making man first…
The good God created human beings in His image with physical bodies as male and female. The image of God means every person has intrinsic worth and value. Our bodies…
As Calvin stated, we cannot understand who we are as humans until we first look at God since He is our creator. What we find is that God is good,…
Three things happened at Jesus' baptism that were significant for Him, and for us today: the heavens parted, the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove, and the…
On the 2nd Day of Christmas we remember Stephen, the first martyr of the Church. Stephen not only followed Jesus in suffering and dying, but in forgiving his persecutors. We…
How do we live now on earth as citizens of heaven...knowing that the return of Christ is imminent?
Habakkuk chapter 3 is one of the most beautiful prayers of faith in the Bible. Habakkuk declares his faith and rejoices in God no matter what suffering and persecution he…
If you have ever looked around at the world and wondered why there is so much suffering and violence, and asked why doesn't God do something about it?, then you…
The last chapter and last sermon in Exodus. At the end of the book, there is a taste again of the Garden of Eden...and the future full restoration of all…
The Levitical Priesthood is temporary and imperfect, but the means for which the people can be brought to God, and meant to point to Jesus, the Great High Priest, whose…
In the first renewal of the covenant, new tablets are made and Moses spends 40 days and nights with God...without food or water. He gets to be with God and…
The sin of the idolatry in worshipping the golden calf is an act of spiritual adultery. What we find is that at the cost of a Son, God atones for…
In Exodus 32, we enter into one of the harder and sadder stories of the Bible. The people of Israel, break the covenant with Yahweh God. Moses intercedes for them.
God asks us what we will do when the end comes? That is, one day we will stand before the Lord Jesus who is coming again to judge the living…
As we reflect and remember the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Psalm 46 reminds us that God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble.
God provides for our physical and spiritual needs. He wants our hearts to respond with praise and thanksgiving, and material gifts.