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  • An Advent Meditation from Isaiah 11 

    An Advent Meditation from Isaiah 11 

    These are notes from a sermon by Rich Lusk, originally preached on December 12, 2004. G. K. Chesterton is one of my favorite authors. In his wildly funny and futuristic novel Napoleon of Notting Hill, he talks about a game the human race has been playing for a long, long time.  It’s a game called “cheat… Read more

  • Romans 1:18-32: Reversing the Exchanges

    Romans 1:18-32: Reversing the Exchanges

    In Romans 1:18-32, Paul identifies the pattern by which humanity (and particular civilizations within humanity) slide into apostasy and damnation. The sequence is ingratitude, leading to idolatry, leading to immorality. We refuse to thank and glorify the God who made us, turning to idols instead; the outworking of this idolatry is manifested in various forms… Read more

  • Pastoral Leadership in an Age of Wokeness

    Pastoral Leadership in an Age of Wokeness

    Are woke pastors committing vocational suicide? Is it enough to not be woke? Or must a pastor be explicitly anti-woke in order to remain faithful? I admit upfront I know absolutely nothing first hand about the Scott Sauls case and therefore anything I say here is strictly speculative. The charges brought against Sauls that he has been abusive and manipulative are very… Read more

  • Thanksgiving Day Note 

    Thanksgiving Day Note 

    This was sent out in the TPC congregational email today: George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Day proclamation opened with these words: “Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor– and whereas… Read more

  • Baptismal Exhortation: Jesus Loves the Little (Covenant) Children 

    Baptismal Exhortation: Jesus Loves the Little (Covenant) Children 

    In Psalm 71, the psalmist says “You are my trust from my youth. Upon you I have leaned from birth.”  In Psalm 22, David says, “You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.” In Luke 18, believing parents bring their infants to Jesus for a blessing. Jesus laid hands on them and said, “To such belongs the kingdom of God.” In… Read more

  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving

    This week, millions of Americans will gather for Thanksgiving. But will they really be giving thanks? And who will they thank? The Thanksgiving holiday is an annual reminder that our nation has wonderful (though obviously imperfect) Christian heritage. The influence of the Christian faith upon our nation, its government, its culture, its institutions, is the… Read more