Alongside my weekly preaching duties, I am entering my fourth year of teaching through books of the Bible in a 2-hour community women’s Bible study hosted at my church. This Fall I will begin teaching through the Old Testament book of Daniel.
With each new class, I evaluate and refine my teaching outlines and methodology. I tighten the structure, clarify the outline, and hopefully improve as a teacher. In years past, I have simply worked …
In a world obsessed with self-discovery, personal fulfillment, and “living your truth,” relationships are paying the price. Marriages feel fragile, intimacy is commodified, children are often viewed as optional accessories, and loneliness is epidemic. We’ve never had more tools to express ourselves, yet fewer deep, lasting connections. Why? Because expressive individualism—the cultural script that says your inner self is the ultimate authority—undermines the very commitments that make love possible.
That’s why I’m excited to share …
In the Summer of 2015, the Lord graciously granted me an unexpected opportunity. My father, who for 26 years pastored the church I was serving, resigned, and I was asked by church leadership to serve as pastor in the interim. For the first time in my life, I was responsible to prepare the gathered worship services of the church. At that time, I had never read a book on liturgics and had …
God’s Immutability & Infinity________________________
Letter from the Pastor March 3, 2026
SECOND LONDON CONFESSION, 2:1b
The Confession says in chapter 2:1b
The Lord our God… is immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, every way infinite, most holy, most wise, most free, most absolute; working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will, for His own glory; most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, …
The following exhortation was given by Randy Warner in our gathered worship on 3/1/2026
Confession is one of the most freeing gifts God has given His people, yet it’s often one of the hardest to embrace. We hesitate because confession feels vulnerable. It requires honesty about our failures, our temptations, and the places where we fall short. But Scripture reminds us that confession is not about shame – it is about restoration. It is about …
God’s Self Existence & Spirituality________________________
Letter from the Pastor February, 26th 2026
INTRODUCTION
The study of God, his nature and work, is typically referred to as “theology proper.” “Theos” refers to God and “logos” refers to reason and thought. So, putting the two together, theology proper concerns itself with the doctrine of God himself. And in the London Confession of Faith, chapter one of paragraph two begins by describing …
Letter from the Pastor February, 10th 2026
INTRODUCTION
“Woe is me,” cried Isaiah when he was given a vision of the reality and holiness of God. We might give the same response as we seek to understand the doctrine of God in the Second London Confession. Chapter 2 of this historic Baptist confession of faith is entitled Of God & the Holy Trinity. Over the next five weeks we’ll walk through the three paragraphs …
What is the Bible? Which books should be included in the Bible? Should some books be excluded? How do we interpret Scripture? As a local church pastor, I’m asked questions such as these all the time. To address these questions and more, I wrote a series of letters to my church introducing the Scriptures using the first chapter of the London Baptist Confession. I also recorded a podcast in which I recorded audio versions of …
Letter from the Pastor 1/28/2026
Introduction
As we come to the end of the first chapter of the London Confession, the final two paragraphs circle back to the question of authority, particularly as it relates to the interpretation of the Scriptures as well as the judgment of all other councils, opinions, and teachings of men. In other words, what is the highest authority in Biblical interpretation and to what must we compare all human wisdom …
Introduction
12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise …
