As we come out of a season in which we spent some time meditating on the incarnation of Jesus Christ, and as we move into a series in the gospel of John (which opens meditating on the incarnation of Jesus Christ), I thought that it might be valuable to think through the immense theology of the incarnation. J.I. Packer notes in his book Knowing God that the incarnation migh...

"As a matter of fact, the redeemed man gains more through redemption in Christ than he lost through the fall of Adam" [Loraine Boettner, The Reformed Faith, p.15]. That is good and glorious news packed into one sentence. While I love a good turn of phrase, sometimes it takes a paragraph to unpack an immensely glorious point. Such is the case when trying to explain the bibl...

When we worked our way through John 15 and 16, many of you may have noticed that I broke those chapters up in a way that did not exactly match the paragraph structure of the Bibles that we provide at our church. I actually had a couple of paragraphs explaining why I had broken the passage up in the way that I did, but due to time (and my love for the children of our congre...

Over the past several months I've been reading up on a few theological trends and thoughts. Some of these issues have risen during my preparation of sermons in John's Gospel, while others have come up in personal conversations and evangelistic endeavors. While these theological issues, thoughts, and trends have been varied and disparate, they all have a similar undercurren...

This post may bore some of you. Sorry if it does, but I don't think it should! In some ways, this is an answer to a question that a member raised with me the other day, but I thought that it would be beneficial to share more broadly. Here's the heart of the matter I want to address why do we have a different ending to the Old Testament than Jesus had, and does it matter? ...

In my sermon, I mentioned that holiness is ultimately about God. Holiness isn't about what we do or don't do. It is about reflecting God's good, gracious, and holy character. I could have (and maybe should have) also mentioned that holiness is not about something outside of us, but rather about what is happening inside of us. It is certainly true that holiness can be seen ...