Archives for June 2011

In addition to being an expression of obedience to our Lord and Savior, baptism is also “an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him” (1 Peter 3:21b-22, ESV)....

Beginning this Sunday and continuing through July 31, we are going to embark on an expositional cruise through this “boisterously grand” Old Testament narrative. ...

As we pray for a breakthrough in the joy of the Lord, remember the “ten joyful commandments” of Psalm 100—these come from a sermon I preached back in October....

Joy is not an optional extra in the Christian life—without it, we cannot magnify Jesus and attract others to Him....

We would like to express to you our gratefulness for your participation in the financial and prayer support of Jon and Jenn Trott during their twelve years of ministry in Brazil. We also want to take this opportunity to communicate the new direction that they will be taking in church planting ministry...