Scripture as Source

This week we continued our new study called ABC: The Basics of Faith… a study of the book of Romans. This week we’re working through Romans 2:1-11, 13, 29 where we are challenged to look in the mirror and see ourselves for what we really are spiritually. We learned that though there is a very real and Read more

This week we began a new study called The Basics of Faith… a study of the book of Romans. This week we’ll be working through Romans 1:18-32 to see why God gets angry with sin… the answers may surprise you. This portion of the text will demonstrate a theme that carries through all of Romans… we will Read more

This week we’re looking at Hebrews 3:1-6 & 12-14 to see how Emmanuel is with us as Announcer. Jesus is God’s Messenger. He brings us the message of His Father’s love and calls us to Himself. In the weeks leading up to Christmas we will study selections from the book of Hebrews in the New Read more

In this week’s text, Hebrews 12:1-2, we see the way in which Emmanuel came to be the Founder of the Christian faith. The Christian church has historically referred to the four Sundays before Christmas as Advent. Webster’s defines “advent” as the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. In this case we are discussing Jesus Read more

This week we’re looking at the Psalm with arguably the most beautiful language of all of them… Psalm 139. Let’s just get it out of the way… yes, I did borrow the title from James Cameron’s film Avatar. Near the end of the movie one of the main characters who is both human and avatar Read more

This week we’re taking an up close look at Psalm 96. This beautiful Psalm removes the ceiling on what it means to give praise to our great God. Let’s be honest… the early history of the Christian church was replete with dogma that seemed to isolate the penitent from the God of the Universe. The Read more

With Thanksgiving Day right around the corner, this Sunday we studied Psalm 118. The theme of the Psalm definitely leans into the idea of giving thanks and more specifically, giving thanks to God. The author takes us to this place of learning to give thanks to God in a unique way. Instead of giving us Read more

This week we’re studying Psalm 51. Admittedly this Psalm starts in an uncomfortable place as David discusses his own sin of adultery. Few of us would line up to spill our guts about the negative and embarrassing things we have done… yet this is precisely what David models for us here. There is an old Read more

This week we’re looking at Psalm 46. It’s a Psalm whose meaning seems to be obvious until we read its entire context. Clearly it concerns itself with discussing and defining God’s power, but it gives us more to think about than a simplistic meaning. We will see that while God’s power certainly includes the obvious, Read more

This week we are studying Psalm 40. The raw honesty of David is one of the reasons he is such an enduring character. This Psalm is all about where and how and to whom we run when we are overwhelmed. Let’s face it… we all have those times when we feel we are at the Read more

Being the vertically-challenged person that I am, I frequently have trouble seeing things that many other people see easily. The predictions made in this Psalm are easy to see no matter what your measurements are on the vertical chart. David is writing prophetically as he paraphrases many of the last words and details surrounding Jesus’ Read more

Just as a telephoto lens helps a far away object become near, we learned that this is God’s very desire… to reveal Himself to us. Instead of an unknowable, distant God, we have a God who longs for us to know Him for who He really is. This week we studied Psalm 19. Make sure Read more