Author: Pastor Rich Lusk
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1819 Interview
I had the honor and pleasure of doing an interview with 1819 News this week, hosted by Bryan Dawson and Ray Melick. If you are not familiar with 1819 News, it’s a great way to keep up with news in Alabama from a Christian perspective. The interview started out talking about the breakdown of the family in…
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Tragedies: The Southern Baptist Convention Sex Abuse Problem and The Texas School Shooting
You may have seen the absolutely horrific report on sexual sin and sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention that was released earlier this week. The report is the fruit of an extended independent investigation into claims made against various Southern Baptist leadership and congregations. I have not looked into the report in any detail but…
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Roman Catholic Rights and Wrongs
You may have seen that the archbishop of Nancy Pelosi’s Roman Catholic parish in San Francisco has excommunicated her for her views on abortion. Of course, this is long overdue, and there are many high-profile pro-abortion Roman Catholics (like Joe Biden) who have still not been disciplined. But nevertheless it’s a good sign. This is what…
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Counter-Culture: When the World Changes, Don’t Change With It
It’s undeniable: Our culture changing, and changing rapidly. The question for us is just as obvious: Will we change with it? Culture changes continually. But the Word of God does not change. In 1 Corinthians 15-16, Paul commands us to be “steadfast, immovable” (1 Cor. 15:58) and to “stand firm” (1 Cor. 16:13). If the…
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Liturgy, Community, and Suffering
This post is based on the pastoral exhortation given before the worship service on May 15, 2022 at TPC. Today’s sermon will be based on 2 Corinthians 1:3-11, a passage that focuses on the comfort God gives to his people when they suffer. The text especially emphasizes that this comfort is communal. In my suffering,…
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Counsel for Young Men: 13 Rules for Life
These notes for young men were actually written for my son many years ago. I might say a few things differently today. But I think many young men could still find them helpful so I’m publishing them on the blog. A while back, I heard a talk from a pastor on “Practical Manhood” aimed at…
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The Baptism of a Baby Is a Beautiful Thing
There are many beautiful things about baptizing a baby — besides the baby herself! For one thing, in an infant baptism we get to see God’s covenant promise come to fulfillment before our very eyes. God’s promise to Christian parents is “I will be God to you and to your children” (Gen. 17:7; Acts 2:39). In this case, God…
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Culture War as Spiritual War
Excellent article from Abigail Dodds. We are called to fight sin everywhere, in our hearts and in the culture. For Christians, the so-called culture war is not a contradiction of the cross, but a consequence of the cross. We can fight a culture war precisely because Christ has already defeated the principalities and powers.
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In Praise of Motherhood
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may…
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Easter Exhortation: Love Stronger Than Death
In our experience, death is always stronger than love. We know this because our loved ones die. Our love cannot fight off death, our love cannot keep others alive forever. And, of course, others’ love for us cannot keep us alive either. Death seems to win out over love every time. But Easter changes all…
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