Next Sunday I will have the joy and privilege of preaching.  It will be one last interim sermon before my preacher, Jovan, returns.  The passage assigned to me is Matthew 12:1-14—two stories about “work” on the Sabbath…

I’m continuing my series complementing our “Follow” series through Matthew. In Matthew 8-9, several stories of healing are found interspersed in the narrative…

The story of Jesus being tempted by the Devil is an important narrative in each Synoptic Gospels. Mark’s account is the briefest of the three, but has important elements…

Since our preaching series at Littleton, called “Follow,” is drawn from Matthew, I would like to continue some posts on this Gospel…

Since our preaching series at Littleton, called “Follow,” is drawn from Matthew, I would like to continue some posts on this Gospel…

Since our preaching series at Littleton, called “Follow,” is drawn from Matthew, I would like to continue some posts on this Gospel…

Except for Hebrews and 1 John, all the Letters of the New Testament have the writers’ names (or at least title-Elder in 2 and 3 John) attached to the documents. Of course, scholars still debate their authorship, since that’s what scholars do. Even Revelation comes with the name John firmly attached within the text as the writer…

Early in my preaching life, and after a preacher’s luncheon at Pepperdine University, I was shopping at the bookstore. I was trying to build a pretty meager library with commentaries on my radar…

As I write this, it is the last day of Advent, and I look back with one last reflection. Almost all the Biblical thoughts on Christmas are based on the nativity stories from Matthew and Luke…

The story of the Magi bringing gifts to the infant Jesus has sparked traditions that go beyond history and give us historical questions that have no certain answers. Who were these folks?…

Perhaps you’ve heard the beautiful Christmas song, “In the Bleak Midwinter.” It imagines Jesus born where water is frozen like stone, with “snow on snow, snow on snow.” It ends with the desire to give the Babe our hearts…

In Paul’s fiery defense of salvation by grace through faith, apart from works of the law, to disciples in Galatia, he asserts that by grace we are heirs…

The Thanksgiving holiday is over. There is certainly no need for a turkey banquet every day—thankfully so! And yet, marking out a day especially for giving thanks is good and important…

This passage from Hebrews, along with a selective reading of Galatians and Romans, has been used to advance the idea that the New Testament has completely replaced the Old Testament…

A dear sister, many years ago, told me that her father’s passionate advice was to never let anyone put her under the Old Law. What was behind this advice?…

Almost every elder (with a couple of real exceptions) I’ve worked with has been a sincere, honest, and faithful man, with a profound sense of responsibility toward God and the church he has led/served…

Were I to say that I’m God’s gift to the church, I might be accused of being full of myself. That might be right (I hope not), or I might just be reflecting Paul’s words in Ephesians 4:11. This passage is one of the most important about the selection, nature, and purpose of leaders in the church…