Recently I have been thinking about God’s promises found in Scripture and the confidence we have that He will fulfill them.  Many promises relate to our salvation and future hope in Christ.  Other pro...  Read More

The grace which justifies is the grace which sanctifies.  Sanctification is all of grace.  It is initiated by grace, performed by grace, and perfected by grace.  It requires our cooperation as saints,...  Read More

We recently celebrated baptism in both our services as a number of young women baptized before the congregation. It’s such a special time as we hear their testimonies of what God has done in their liv...  Read More

Dallas, Spring Break, 2022. My long-distance girlfriend, Lauren, was flying out to meet my family for the first time. At first, everything was going great: my family loved Lauren, and everybody was ge...  Read More

So many times in the latter books of the Old Testament you read about areas that are being measured. Sometimes I understand why they are doing it and other times I’m not sure. But when I read this I w...  Read More

In 1969 I sat in my English class listening to the professor expound his political beliefs about the population explosion, the world famine to come, the war in Vietnam, free love, drugs, and the neces...  Read More