A great many Christian churches across the world will gather this week for Ash Wednesday services, to mark the beginning of the Lenten season, a 40 day season (not counting Sundays) of preparation leading up to Easter. In preparation for Ash Wednesday service each year, I gather up the dry palm branches used during Palm […]
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My wife and I are 70 and 71. We’re still vibrant and engaged, but life at this stage takes its toll. Today, my wife has Parkinson’s, so her life is more limited than it has ever been. At age 50, she played #3 on the local college tennis team—yes, you heard that right—Queens University in
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This sermon was originally preached at Red Door Church on January 18th, 2026. You can watch it here. We are back in Philippians this morning and we pick up where we left off in late November. Philippians is one of those books where almost every Christian has a verse they love. “And I am sure
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“Don’t preach to me!” Maybe you’ve heard that before from a friend or family member. What they mean is “Don’t lecture me,” or “Stop trying to tell me what to do.” None of us like being told what to do, especially if our conscience is telling us that maybe they’re right. Sometimes what a person
“I have no creed but the Bible,” is a common quip today in some church circles. As bold and spiritual as it may sound, it is actually very problematic. Some people hear the words sola Scriptura and think that it teaches what amounts to “no creed but the Bible.” But that is emphatically not what
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Before you read this post, I encourage you to read Genesis 12. This is the fifth installment to our Old Testament Story series. You can read the other installments here. As we look at the Old Testament story, we take another leap forward in time. Noah was probably around 2500 BC, and Abraham is approximately
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