Our church in Naperville recently met together to think through “how to listen to a sermon.” It was a fruitful and very edifying time! Here’s the notes we gave out.…
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Here’s a few quotes from Bonhoeffer’s excellent book on Christian community “Life Together.” These are all taken from the first chapter: “It is not simply to be taken for granted…
Here’s my sermon out for Ruth 4. You can listen to the sermon here. Ruth 4: A Costly Redemption INTRO: Ecclesiastes 3:11: “God has made everything beautiful in its time.”…
A cursory reading of the Book of Ruth may lead you to conclude that it is a love story between Boaz and Ruth. Ruth comes to town after the death…
Does theology make any difference in our everyday lives? Does it actually change how we live? YES. I believe a right understanding, a right perception of the truth of who…
7 Helps When you are Tempted to be BITTER TOWARD GOD As Christians we will suffer in this life. It has been graciously granted to us not only to be…
This was a good read year of reading books for me. I think the pandemic afforded more time to read. This year we read more outloud as a family together…
A big theme in the book of Ruth is the providence of God. I like how John Piper describes providence as God’s purposeful sovereignty. God is in control of all…
In our latest Cross of Christ Fellowship newsletter we gave 20 highlights from 2020. If you missed it, here it is.
5 Lessons from Ruth
I start preaching a new sermon series this Sunday at our church in Naperville, Cross of Christ Fellowship, on the book of Ruth. I’ve been using Daniel Block commentary as…
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