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  • Clown Rights vs Crown Rights

    Clown Rights vs Crown Rights

    The so-called culture war today comes down to what kind of ruler we want. It’s about the crown rights of King Jesus vs. the clown rights of Joe Biden (and his ilk). Who would you rather have rule over you — a king or a clown? Do you want the kingdom of God, full of… Read more

  • Epiphany Exhortation: Keep the Party Going

    Epiphany Exhortation: Keep the Party Going

    The move from Christmas season to Epiphany season should not be a let down. Christmas is a season of great joy, but Epiphany is as well. And so that’s my exhortation to you: Keep the party going. Keep the celebration going. The themes change, but the festivity remains. Christmas celebrates Christ’s birth into the world.… Read more

  • Zephaniah’s Christian Nationalism (Sermon Follow-up)

    Zephaniah’s Christian Nationalism (Sermon Follow-up)

    This is a follow up to my January 1, 2023 sermon. My opening comments on the passage are not on the audio here (thought you can get them on the YouTube stream of the service here), so I will reproduce those comments here, along with a few other notes. Today’s sermon builds off of last week’s sermon, though… Read more

  • Baptismal Exhortation: Grace Restores the Family

    Baptismal Exhortation: Grace Restores the Family

    There are many arguments we can derive from Scripture in favor of the practice of baptizing children.  This is the eighth day of Christmas, the day of Christ’s circumcision. We could look at circumcision as a precursor to baptism. If the sign of the righteousness that comes by faith could be applied to children in… Read more

  • Advent/Christmas Exhortation

    Advent/Christmas Exhortation

    Christmas celebrates the incarnation of God’s Son. John describes it as the Word made flesh. Isaiah used the language of “Immanuel,” meaning “God with us.” In the incarnation, God becomes man without ceasing to be God. Jesus Christ, from the point of conception by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is… Read more

  • Christ the King Sunday 2022 — Sermon Follow Up

    Christ the King Sunday 2022 — Sermon Follow Up

    Sermon — How the Story Ends: Living Every Day in Light of the Last Day (1 Thess. 4:9-18) A few notes, following up on yesterday’s sermon: 1. Frank Senn on the eschatological/political background of Christ the King Sunday: “Christ the King is not a festival of great antiquity, supplying the church year with neat narrative… Read more