Yesterday I expounded on Ephesians 6:5-9 for all three services of CCPC. It was hard to get all my thoughts out into a coherent whole as the discussion of slavery is so layered and complex. I had an additional 9 pages (12pt single-spaced) of notes, quotes, and scripture that I could not fit into the [...]

Flew back from Portland, OR last week and the trip was fairly uneventful. Well, actually it was a red-eye flight so I slept through most of it thankfully. Speaking of uneventful flights… Remember how in StarTrek, whenever the Enterprise hits a magnetic-storm or is in combat and the captain says “hard to port!” it cuts [...]

This past Sunday I was honored to be able to present God’s word to CCPC Metro in Arlington, VA. Looking at the crowd’s reaction to Stephen in Acts 6, I examined how God uses change in our lives. You can get the audio here. CCPC Metro is the satellite service for Christ Central Presbyterian Church [...]

A hearty thank you to all our prayer and financial supporters as we went to Cherokee, NC at the beginning of July to minister on the reservation of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Feel free to grab our Cherokee STM 2010 Followup pdf to catch up on what happened.

Well, upgraded to wordpress 3 and been mucking around. Had to switch around a couple of the plugins as older ones had not been made compatible yet. Also toying around with using WP as the basis for a new church website. An upgrade is really needed. WP is powerful enough to be a basic CMS, [...]

Quote of the night: “Embarrassment is the gateway drug for theological accommodation and denial.” -Al Mohler

On August 30, 2009 I had the privilege of giving the weekly sermon for CCPC. I used the book of Galatians, chapter 1 for my text to get across the point that, just like the believers in Galatia, we try to “augment” or “upgrade” the Gospel by inserting our own righteousness. Our friends, kids, and [...]

An overarching theme in the Bible is the four-fold Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation. Though we often acknowledge this when we hear it, I wonder how often we consider it in our daily lives. It seems to me that three of the pieces are usually neglected: Creation, Fall, and Consummation. I do not present a full [...]

The sermon series right now at CCPC is on the Armor of God. I had the opportunity to not only give the sermon on the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit and how it relates to our union with Christ (listen: mp3) , but I also go to give a little children’s [...]

I once again had the honor of preaching at Christ Central Presbyterian Church. We are in the middle of a series on the Ten Commandments. It happened to work out that I got #6: You shall not murder. You can listen (mp3) to it here.