Last week I offered some of my favorite psalms from Book 2 of the Psalms. This week, in light of looking at Psalm 89 this past Sunday, I am offering some of my favorite psalms from Book 3, which includes Psalms 73-89. Beside each one, there is a description of the main theme of that psalm. I hope you enjoy these as much as I have:1. Psalm 73: corporate gathering with the people of God creates wisd...  Read More

This past Sunday we took a deep dive into Psalm 72, the final chapter in Book 2 of the Psalms, which includes Psalms 42-72. Below I have listed some of my other favorite psalms from Book 2, particularly ones that may be fitting for this season of Advent. Alongside each one I have written a brief description of that psalm’s predominant theme. I hope they are just as encouraging for you as they have...  Read More

Preconceptions have the ability to significantly alter how we think about things. This past semester in our Middle School youth group gatherings we studied several Old Testament characters, many of whom are very familiar. As I began to dive into the idea of taking an entire semester to solely focus on Old Testament characters, these preconceptions began to drift in. My mind quickly shifted to thou...  Read More

This past January my paternal grandfather (Pawpaw) died; he was a few weeks shy of being 93. Growing up my family would spend every other Christmas with my Pawpaw and Grammy. We would go to their house and share a huge meal together, build a fire in their fireplace, and all of the grandkids would show off our new toys to one another. On the mantle Grammy had little toy blocks with letters on them ...  Read More

The following is an article written by one of our high school seniors who participated in our annual student leadership course. The final assignment for this course was to write out an answer to the question, “What Makes a Biblical Leader?” and this was one of the many well thought out and articulated answers to the question. This past summer a few of our high schoolers participated in a four week...  Read More

“If anyone see his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life – to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.” 1 John 5:16-17In these verses John provides instruction for how to respond when we see som...  Read More