The Bittersweetness of Advent & Genesis 3

"Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet. The more bitterness we taste in sin, the more sweetness we shall taste in Christ." - Thomas Watson in The Doctrine of Repentance This Advent season our church has been tasting the bitterness of the beginnings of sin in Genesis 3. Why all this focus on the …

Growing To Know Him

Are you growing in your KNOWLEDGE of God? What comes to mind when you hear that question? Maybe you think, "Yes! I'm learning so much in God's Word about who He is and what He's done. I feel like I'm learning things about Him I've never known before." Or perhaps you respond, "I'm not sure …

Psalm 34 (Tune: “Amazing Grace”)

O magnify the Lord with me Let us exalt His name In Him my boast will ever be I live to spread His fame O taste and see the Lord is good And in His goodness rest For all who look to our great God Are radiant and blessed O fear the Lord, you saints …

The Essence of Cruciform Discipleship

One of my favorite summary statements of what it means to live as a disciple of Jesus is in 1 John 4:19 . . . "We love because He first loved us." God made the first move to love us by moving toward us in Jesus. That love moves us to vertical love for Him …