When it comes to corporate worship, that’s a really dangerous phrase. As God’s people, music has always been an integral part of our corporate worship. The songs we sing have lyrics. And those lyrics have meaning. With our song lyrics, we are simultaneously learning and proclaiming something about God. The question is, what are we learning and what are we … Read More
Running in the Background
We are surrounded by amazing technology in our daily lives. Our phones, laptops, tablets, PCs, and TVs are all working for us every day. Do you ever wonder how it all works? Does internet content magically appear? Do glitches just fix themselves? How does your phone know that it’s Friday and remind you about your meeting at 3:00 pm? This … Read More
Reminder to Parents: Your Child is Your Neighbor
Last week, I came across a very insightful blog post by Jen Wilkin on parenting. In her article she offers a simple yet incredibly important message – Your Child is Your Neighbor. She reminds us that although parenting is a tough gig – no surprise there – we often forget that we are not left without help. God who has given … Read More
Nailed to the Cross
Have you ever heard the phrase, “it’s just a song”? When it comes to corporate worship, that’s a really dangerous phrase. As God’s people, music has always been an integral part of our corporate worship. The songs we sing have lyrics. And those lyrics have meaning. With our song lyrics, we are simultaneously learning and proclaiming something about God. The … Read More
Playing with Fire
I recently watched a reality TV show about controlling brush fires in Florida. Each year in advance of the summer fire season, the Florida Department of Environmental Conservation sends a crew into the large swamps to intentionally start brush fires to eliminate flammable material. The crew drives an air-powered boat through the swamps and shoots incendiary rounds into the bushes to … Read More
The Missio Dei
On Monday, May 7th thirteen men and women gathered at King’s Chapel for our first Evangelism Workshop. (If you missed it, don’t worry. We plan to host another workshop in the near future). At our first meeting we looked at two very important biblical truths. The first one was the “Missio Dei”, the mission of God. We saw that from … Read More
What Day Is It?
Have you ever had that lost, confused feeling mid-week when you can’t remember what day it is? You scratch your head, and ask “How is it Tuesday already?” You try to figure out why you feel this way, and then it hits you. “I missed Sunday worship.” Sunday morning is that weekly appointment at the beginning of each new week … Read More
Passion Week Devotion
This year for Passion Week, we focus our attention on the stations of the cross. We will recount the hours leading up to Jesus’ death and pause at 14 key moments of his suffering. By entering his suffering and death, we hope to understand more fully the depths of our sin as well as the immeasurable riches of God’s grace … Read More
Wisdom and Rest
Proverbs 30:1-4 The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out. Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended … Read More
Remembering Billy Graham
On February 21st Billy Graham died at his home in North Carolina. One of his many famous quotes is especially pertinent, “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into … Read More