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  • “Building on the Promises: Cultivating Wisdom and Worship” Campaign: The Future of TPC and TCA

    [This is a portion of an email that went out to the TPC congregation on 10/1/25.] TPC family, This is a longer than usual “updates” email, but there are several essential items to share this week: First, make plans to attend the congregational meeting after worship on October 19. This might be the most important congregational meeting we… Read more

  • What Comes Next? Welcome to Polarized World

    “Good is always getting better and bad is always getting worse: the possibilities of even apparent neutrality are always diminishing. The whole thing is sorting itself out all the time, coming to a point, getting sharper and harder.”  – C.S. Lewis Aaron Renn developed a helpful paradigm for understanding the changing landscape of American culture over the… Read more

  • Daniel 6: Darius, Daniel, and Theocracy

    This is sermon follow up from my sermon from August 13, 2023: In the sermon on Daniel 6, I mentioned that Daniel’s civil disobedience was fully justified and serves as an example of interposition. The doctrine of interposition teaches that a lesser civil magistrate can stand up to the tyranny of a higher civil magistrate… Read more

  • Never Ending X Battles Over Baptism

    Baptism should not be repeated any more than circumcision.— Jesus is the Word. He’s the Preacher. He’s also the Baptizer. — “….so shall he sprinkle many nations….”  – Isaiah 52:15 “…..make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…..”  – Matthew 28:19 It’s pretty easy to figure out the proper mode of baptism if we read the… Read more

  • Christian Nationalism, Charlie Kirk’s Legacy, and the End of Third Wayism

    Christian Nationalism, Charlie Kirk’s Legacy, and the End of Third Wayism Rich Lusk [A version of this essay is slated to be published at The Blaze.] Charlie Kirk’s memorial service was wasn’t just a remembrance—it was a revelation. The memorial service was Christian nationalism in nascent, immature form. Not everyone who spoke was a Christian—and… Read more

  • Politics and Pastoring After Charlie Kirk: Some Reflections on the Memorial Service

    Politics and Pastoring After Charlie Kirk: Some Reflections on the Memorial Service

    A few random observations after the Charlie Kirk memorial service: I wish I was about 30 years younger so I could live for several more decades in the America we are on the cusp of creating. Obviously, things could get derailed. Nothing is guaranteed. But the trajectory we are on is encouraging. The future is… Read more