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  • Two Baptismal Exhortations 

    Two Baptismal Exhortations 

    Welcome to the baptismal service of T. It is Christmas and during the season of Christmas, we celebrate a birth. We celebrate an infant. Christmas is a pro-child holiday because it’s about the coming of The Child into our world. It’s no surprise children love Christmas so much because Christmas is about a very special… Read more

  • Quotebook #5 

    Quotebook #5 

    John Stott, reminding us what Jesus did: He was misunderstood and misrepresented, and became the victim of men’s prejudices and vested interests. He was despised and rejected by his own people, and deserted by his own friends. He gave his back to be flogged, his face to be spat upon, his head to be crowned… Read more

  • The True Humanism: Being Christian Is Natural 

    The True Humanism: Being Christian Is Natural 

    The New Testament presents the church as God’s new humanity. The Dutch theologian A. A. Van Ruler put it this way: “We become Christians in order that we may become truly and fully human.” Being Christian is not unnatural. There is nothing more natural than living for God’s glory in Christ Jesus. It’s what we were… Read more

  • Christmas Meditation: The Invisible Made Visible (John 1:1-18) 

    Christmas Meditation: The Invisible Made Visible (John 1:1-18) 

    These are notes from a sermon Pastor Lusk preached several years ago. This morning we learned that Jesus is the revelation of who God is, of what God is like, of how he has lived from all eternity.  Jesus is one with God reveals God as he is in himself.  Tonight I want to continue that thought… Read more

  • Christmas Meditation: A Day in the Life of God (John 1:1-18) 

    Christmas Meditation: A Day in the Life of God (John 1:1-18) 

    These are notes from a sermon Pastor Lusk preached several years ago. For most of us, Christmas memories are a vivid part of our life stories.  Growing up, we quickly learned to anticipate the Christmas season as the best time of the year.  Christmas was a season filled with vivid sights and sounds – the red and… Read more

  • Sermon Spin-off — 12/10/23 (1 Samuel 7) 

    Sermon Spin-off — 12/10/23 (1 Samuel 7) 

    This a slight reworking of the last portion of my sermon from 12/10/23. The end of 1 Samuel 7 describes the great blessings that accrued to Israel because of Samuel’s ministry as priest, prophet, and judge. Samuel, like Moses, held a multiplicity of offices usually assigned to many men instead of one. It was obviously… Read more