Wednesday Tabletalk Study and Prayer:
Wednesday Evening’s Tabletalk Study meets at 6 PM
Come join us weekly at 6 pm for a study in the monthly magazine at the church. Enjoy learning and a time of fellowship…
Bible Study
Schedule for September 2026
The Word Made Flesh – Islam Part 2
Today we will set the heart of the Christian gospel alongside the Islamic system to see how thoroughly the two part ways and how the truth of the incarnation must be lovingly pressed in our witness to Muslims.
Islam Part 1
In today and tomorrow’s studies, we turn to Islam, the second-largest religion in the world, with an estimated 2 billion adherents across the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, and increasingly Europe and the Americas…
What Is Sin?
We are called to contend against sin (Heb. 12:4), but what is sin? The Bible provides us with a definition: “Sin is lawlessness” (1 John 3:4)
Keeping His Commandments
For the past week, we have followed John’s argument from the Apostolic testimony to the incarnation, through the message that God is light, to the propitiating work of Christ that grounds our forgiveness. In today’s passage, John turns to…
What God Values
If you could look at your life the way an outside observer would, what would you conclude that you value? Our calendars, bank statements, and to-do lists often reveal more than we intend. They might expose priorities that are…
Just Be Still
We are distracted people. Our days are filled with noise—digital noise, cultural noise, internal noise—and the relentless pressure to keep moving and be busy. Schedules full of meetings, meals, and activities are seen as ideals. Empty days, weeks, or…
The Way of Balaam
Having described the false teachers’ insatiable appetite for sin and their predatory targeting of vulnerable believers (2 Peter 2:14), Peter now reaches into the Old Testament for an illustration that encapsulates everything that he has been saying…
Deceived and Deceitful
“Am I being deceived?” is probably not a question that we are eager to ask. No one likes being lied to. Most of us learn that early in life. I remember being told a story on the playground by a classmate. He was so confident in…
Yearning for Home
An accident occurs. A disease strikes. A birth has complications. Fear grips us. A trip gets prolonged. A deployment is ordered. A return is delayed. Anxiety takes hold. And then, those sweet words, sometimes sweeter than we can bear: “She’s going home.”…
Dressed in Reality
In the last thirteen years of being a stay-at-home mom to three boys, one thing I’ve learned is that such a life requires a realistic mentality toward my wardrobe. Jeans get too tight six months into a pregnancy, blouses get stained with…
Remember and Trust
Times of transition have a way of exposing both our vulnerabilities and our hopes. Joshua 1 records one of the most profound transitions in redemptive history: the passing of leadership from Moses to Joshua. Israel, standing on the east bank of the Jordan,…
He Hangs the Earth on Nothing
As a boy on a family vacation, I bought a packet of postcards as a souvenir from the Kennedy Space Center. A memorable image on one postcard was of the earth in daylight surrounded by the darkness of space. The earth, suspended…
Daily Readings Days June 22-29, 2026
12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it….
Daily Readings Days June 15-21, 2026
1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[a] not under compulsion,…
Daily Readings Days June 9-14, 2026
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed…
Daily Readings Days June 1-8, 2026
4:1 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God…
Daily Readings Days May 22-29, 2026
18 For Christ also suffered[a] once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,…
Daily Readings Days, May 15-21, 2026
8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing…
Daily Readings Days, May 9-14, 2026
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external…
Daily Readings Days, May 1-8, 2026
13. Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution,[a] whether it be to the emperor[b] as supreme, 14. or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good….
Daily Readings Days, April 22-29, 2026
1 Peter 2:9-16 English Standard Version 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light…
Daily Readings Days, April 15-21, 2026
23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.”…
Daily Readings Days, April 9-14, 2026
14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges…
Daily Readings Days, April 1-8, 2026
1. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2. according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ…
Finding Hope Amid Negativity
We live in a culture desperate for good news of any kind. That’s understandable, since what fills most of our news feeds, social media channels, and subscription programming is little more than an endless and mindless stream of human tragedy…
Godly Contentment
Paul’s words in 1 Timothy 6:6 are both simple and profound: “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” In a culture that prizes achievement, accumulation, and accolades, contentment seems almost foreign…
The Priestly Colors
No expense was spared in making the high priest’s garments. Made of the finest materials and threads dyed with the richest of colors, they must have been very impressive to the eye. The colors of the priestly garments also had a theme…
Growing up in Christ
An important part of life is growing up. It begins when a child starts putting childish things away—packing up toys, taking on new responsibilities, and wanting to sit with the adults. Parents rejoice as their children reach new milestones. Eventually, maturity is expected…
Theology That Sings
The word doxology brings to mind a hymn for many of us, but it simply means “word of glory.” In his letters, Paul often pauses to offer up a short praise to God. His first letter to Timothy is no exception. In fact, Paul bookends his letter with praise…
Sin, Sorrow, and Joy in the Life of a Christian
I must tell you at the beginning that writing on the subject of the paradox of the relationship of sorrow and joy in the life of every Christian has been troubling. Thinking about the sorrow I should feel over my sins has been painful. Why?
We Grieve with Hope
I write this as a man freshly acquainted with grief. The last two weeks have brought a flood of sorrows. Four dear families I know well had children in the room when a gunman opened fire at their school. A friend of our daughter was shot three times…
