Assurance of Salvation
People come to faith in Christ in many ways. Some find Christ at such a young age, they can’t remember how it happened. Others, like the Apostle Paul, had a …
Rod & Staff
Thoughts from Pastor Glenn on a variety of topics
What Christ’s Return Means to Me
Modern American Christians are, I think, used to thinking about the return of Christ in two different contexts: 1) when confessing doctrine as a religious exercise, and 2) when specific …
Interpreting the Book of Revelation
This blog post is in response to a request for a pamphlet that once introduced a sermon series on the Book of Revelation by briefly describing the various popular approaches. …
Differences of Opinion
In the vaccination debate, I’ve heard Romans 14 referenced in different ways. I think it might be helpful to review how Romans 14 properly applies to this and many other …
Packing for the Trip
One of my earliest spiritual growth spurts came during my college years at a summer conference in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. One of the speakers was Phil Armstrong, a former missionary …
Two Dimensional Justice
Nathan said to David, “You are the man! … Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down …
Barabbas
But they all cried out together, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas”—a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and …
What Jesus Thinks About Unjust Suffering
America is certainly experiencing its share of common suffering. Pandemic lock-downs and inconvenience challenge all of us. But it’s the uneven distribution of suffering that’s the hardest to take. Some …
I Believe; Help My Unbelief
And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the …
The Star of Bethlehem
The great 2020 conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn has rekindled interest in the “Star of Bethlehem.” Could it have been a conjunction of planets? A comet? A supernova? While there …