Author: Pastor Rich Lusk
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Palm Sunday Baptismal Exhortation
One of the most interesting aspects of Palm Sunday is the role children play in the event. As Jesus makes his triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem, children join in singing praises to Jesus. We just sang about that in our opening hymn, “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”: “all glory laud and honor to…
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All Happy Marriages Are Alike
There are two ingredients every marriage needs if it is to age like fine wine rather than spoiled milk: 1. Godliness 2. Polarity By godliness, I mean maturing Christian faithfulness, as seen in the fruit of the Spirit. By polarity, I mean an appreciation of the differences between men and women, and thus well-defined roles…
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Quotebook #4
Doug Wilson on community– Learning to live in genuine community is one of the central goals that we have set for ourselves. And, to be honest, we did not set the goalit is set before us in Scripture as one of the basic elements of the Christian faith. We are one in Jesus Christ, and…
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The Culture War as Proxy War
I sometimes get asked why my sermons so frequently engage so-called “culture war” issues. Here are some reasons why: 1. What if the culture war is actually much more than a culture war? What if the culture war is really proxy for the kind of spiritual war Paul describes in Ephesians 6? What if the…
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Questions for the Idiocracy
Some questions spurred by recent cultural events: 1. Setting aside the criteria of commitment to the Constitution, competence, and wisdom, Joe Biden said he would only nominate a black woman for the Supreme Court vacancy. This is identity politics to the extreme. But now the identity of Biden’s pick is in doubt. That nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson,…
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Quotebook #3 (Courage)
“Courage is not a particular virtue, but rather all of the virtues when tested. It stands to reason that cowardice, then, is not simply one vice, but rather a failure of all of the virtues when put to the test.” – C. S. Lewis (paraphrased) “Men do not follow titles, they follow courage.” – William…
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Courage
This is a modified email I sent out to my congregation in August 2020, but I thought it would make a good follow up to last week’s sermon on courage from Daniel 3. TPC family, The times we live in require courage on the part of God’s people. Our faith is assailed from various angles…
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Covenant Succession
In 1 Timothy 3:4-5, Paul requires that a man rule his house faithfully if he is going to rule in the household of God. The proof he is ruling his house faithfully is manifested in the faithfulness of his children. Sadly, this is a very neglected qualification for pastors and elders in the evangelical church today. If…
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The Books I’ve Loved Loved – #2
I posted this brief review on Facebook last September, but it really belongs here as well. Katy Faust’s book Them Before Us should be high on everyone’s reading list. I have followed Faust’s outstanding work for several years on various social media platforms and this book represents the distillation of much of her research. It is a…
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Wisdom Interview
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of doing a podcast interview with my good friend Larson Hicks on the topic of wisdom. You can find the interview here:
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