In another post we looked briefly at the question “What is Liturgy?” We saw that liturgy simply refers to the things that a congregation does in service to God when it gathers for public worship. In this post I want to wrestle with the question “What should a congregation do […]
“Where your treasure is there your heart will be also.”, Jesus said. There is much to say about this statement, but one surface-level truth that falls right out of that teaching is that those things that cost us a lot of treasure are the things that will grab our hearts.
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In our last post examining the Letter to the Hebrews, we saw how real the supernatural is. As Hamlet told an old college buddy, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Yet even those spiritual beings and realities that our eyes
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On the seventeen-hundred year anniversary of the Nicene Creed, it only makes sense to talk about it. Written by a large group of bishops from cities all over the Roman Empire in the year 325, the Creed was the result of what came to be recognized as the first ecumenical
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Eventually a growing disciple realizes that not only does Christ call His followers to deny themselves, take up their cross and follow Him (Luke 9:23), but he also calls them to live sacrificially. The self-life must die and Christ must live. Christ Himself was a sacrifice for us. Paul writes,
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This sermon was originally delivered on June 22nd, 2025 at Red Door Church. The main passage is Leviticus chapters 13 through 15 and because of its length does not appear here. We are not in Kansas anymore Some of you will be familiar with the American musical film called “The
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