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  • Wedding Homily #2

    Wedding Homily #2

    This wedding homily from 2014 is based on Romans 5:1-8. The world often seems to be a hopeless place. But as hard as hope is to come by, we cannot live without it. Hope is like oxygen for the soul. Without it, we suffocate. There is no greater pain than hopelessness; and yet with hope,… Read more

  • Wedding Homily #1

    Wedding Homily #1

    I will occasionally post old wedding homilies on the blog.This one is from my son’s wedding in September, 2022. John and Madison — it is a great honor to do your wedding service today. John, it has been a great pleasure for your mother and I to raise you and we could not be more proud of you. Madison, we have been… Read more

  • Who are the Modern Day Pharisees?

    Who are the Modern Day Pharisees?

    When Tim Keller preached his sermons on Luke 15 and wrote his book on the parable of the prodigal son, he treated the elder brother as a type of conservative/fundamentalist and the younger brother as a typical irreligious liberal. This model explains why he is hard on those to his political and cultural right and… Read more

  • Interacting with Christian Nationalism (Part 6): Isker Counter-Punches

    Interacting with Christian Nationalism (Part 6): Isker Counter-Punches

    My friend Andrew Isker has weighed in on the Christian nationalism debate with a response to Peter Leithart’s short statement on Christian nationalism. A few weeks ago, Larson Hicks and I interviewed Isker about his book (co-authored with Andrew Torba) on Christian nationalism. Like Isker, I also noticed the dichotomy in Leithart’s piece on a nation seeking its own good… Read more

  • 2022 Ordination and Installation Sermons

    2022 Ordination and Installation Sermons

    Over the course of 2022, I have been honored and privileged to preach at a few ordination/installation services for some very good men in some very good churches. Here’s a recap. In April, I preached at the installation service for Matt Carpenter at Trinity Reformed in Huntsville. Trinity Reformed is a church we planted just… Read more

  • Interacting with Christian Nationalism (5): Mattson Weighs In

    Interacting with Christian Nationalism (5): Mattson Weighs In

    Mattson’s review of Wolfe’s book is well worth reading if you have been following the discussions on Christian nationalism. I might not agree with Mattson on every particular criticism and I certainly find a few more points of agreement with Wolfe’s social commentary in the second half of his book, but Mattson offers a pretty convincing… Read more