In John 7:1-24, Jesus makes a significant and well-timed appearance at the Festival of Shelters. It is known by a few different names such as Feast of Tabernacles or Festival of Booths. No matter the particular English translation, it was a time that the Jews would remember what God had done in the past and […]
In his book The Prodigal God, Tim Keller gave a new spin on an old term. He took the parable of the prodigal son and turned it around for us. Using the father character in
This year, Christmas Eve is on Sunday. At our church, we will hold our morning service as usual and offer a Christmas Eve Service. The Christmas holiday can tempt us to swing toward extremes in
Leading worship music is not in my skill set. But since I serve as the pastor of a local church, I take it as a personal responsibility to be involved in our worship planning. As
Life is hard. In our lives, we experience death, sickness, unemployment, rejection, and all manner of oppression from the world. In worship, we are able to weep before God as the cry of the needy
Last week, I posted a guest article from Keith Getty entitled “5 Reasons We Should Sing Passionately and Loudly in Church.” It quickly became the most read post of the year. This week, as Keith
