In the event that you have yet to hear about the good news, I wanted to write up a little summary regarding the announcement we shared last Sunday (8/2/26). I also want to walk you through the decision process so you understand how we came to the conclusion we that we did.The Main "Problem"Our church has grown about 19% in the last calendar year. What great news! This wonderful truth has created s...  Read More

Headship, Head Coverings, and the Harder Conversations We Need to HaveSome passages of Scripture are easy to love. They comfort, they inspire, and they fit neatly onto a coffee mug. Then there are passages like 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, which do none of those things. This passage is dense, debated, and uncomfortable for modern readers. But discomfort is not a reason to look away. In fact, it is often...  Read More

Beyond Rights: Choosing Righteousness in a Culture of SelfThere's a peculiar tension woven throughout Scripture that challenges our modern sensibilities: the tension between what we're permitted to do and what we're called to do. It's the difference between exercising our rights and pursuing righteousness—and sometimes, these two paths diverge dramatically.The Ancient Dilemma That Still SpeaksThe ...  Read More

The Reflection of Fatherhood: Discovering God's Character Through Earthly DadsThe Bible is fundamentally a book about God. Yet as we discover who God is, we simultaneously discover who we are meant to be. James describes Scripture as a mirror showing us our "natural face"—the face of our genesis, our origin. When we look into God's Word, we see both where we came from and what we were designed to ...  Read More

Beyond the Milk: The Tragedy of Spiritual StagnationImagine a student who begins to learn the piano. They go to piano lessons once a week. They practice multiple times in any given week. They join and attend a weekday piano social club where piano players meet to discuss the piano, music, and techniques. They even begin to commit to memory famous pieces of music to build up a mental cache or of so...  Read More

The Transformation of a Fisherman: From Diet Christianity to Radical DiscipleshipWe live in a world obsessed with quick fixes and minimal commitment. This is evident in how so many approach things like physical health and, worse yet, spiritual well-being. The parallels are striking—and convicting.The Disciple DietConsider the typical diet. We establish a few rules about what we'll consume, commit ...  Read More

The Empty Tomb: What Easter Truly Means for Your LifeLet's start with a thought experiment: If someone offered you $100 million right now—completely yours to do whatever you like with—but of course there is a catch: you would only have seven days left to live. Would you take it?The answer is obvious. Weather you are eight or eighty, you wouldn't sell your remaining days for any amount of money. Wh...  Read More

The Week That Changed Everything:The Great Depression began not with a single catastrophe, but with the slow erosion of collective emotions reaching a tipping point. When fear gripped investors in October 1929, panic selling triggered a cascade that brought banks to their knees. Twenty-five percent of American banks failed within the coming months. Today, we have safeguards—market freezes, cooling...  Read More

The Unexpected Savior: When God Defies Our ExpectationsThe RMS Titanic received six warnings about icy waters ahead. Six explicit alerts from nearby ships sailing through the Atlantic that April night in 1912. Yet the radio operator, overwhelmed with passenger messages to relay back to land, dismissed the final warning with frustration. It has been reported that he responded: "Shut up! I'm working...  Read More

The Miraculous Details of Our Savior's BirthIf you read through the narrative, prophesy, and prose of the Old Testament in a chronological format you will discover that over time the prophesies and promises regarding the savior become more and more precise. They move from the grand to the granular. From the sweeping to the specific.Have you ever stopped to consider just how meticulously God orches...  Read More

The Trajectory of a Promise: Recognizing the KingThere's something remarkable about watching a baseball pitcher hurl a 2.9-inch sphere at nearly 100 miles per hour through an imaginary rectangle just 17 inches wide. Even more astounding is the batter who has a mere 125 milliseconds to decide whether to swing—to predict where that ball will be and make contact with its future trajectory.How do they...  Read More

The Story of Salvation: From Genesis to GolgothaThere's something remarkable about that first breath of spring air. You know the one—when you step outside and suddenly your mind floods with memories, nostalgia, and hope for what's coming. The forsythia bushes are preparing to burst with yellow blooms. Those first patches of grass appear through the melting snow. It's a moment of anticipation, of k...  Read More