How is Your Hearing? Pt. 2

  “How is Your Hearing?” Pt. 2Luke 8:16-21October 26, 2025 I have some tools in my workshop and some more in our kitchen that need some attention: My air compressor hose has a leak at the joint where the tool connects. The tools still work, but while I’m working there is a constant sound of […]

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How is Your Hearing?

“How is Your Hearing?”Luke 8:4-15October 12, 2025 One of the phrases a parent uses most often is “listen to me…”  Parents use that phrase with distracted three-year-olds and impatient 17-year-olds.  They use it when they are teaching, when they are correcting, when they are encouraging, and when they are warning.  It’s a useful, and well-used, […]

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The Friend of Sinners

“The Friend of Sinners”Luke 7:36-50September 21, 2025 The Bible is filled with deeply profound statements — life-changing statements.  You know many of them and have been guided and helped by them.  It is a temptation for us to say, “this is the most important statement in the Bible” or “this is the most important statement […]

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The Compassionate Son of Man

  “The Compassionate Son of Man”Luke 7:11-17August 17, 2025 Death is something that is often joked about (or not really taken seriously): Groucho Marx was frequently asked what he’d like people to be saying about him in a hundred years: “I know what I’d like them to say about me…I’d like them to say, ‘He […]

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A Faithful and Worthy Man

“A Faithful and Worthy Man”Luke 7:1-10August 10, 2025 Last Sunday was a special day for us — a humbling and gratifying day.  We are thankful.  Leading up to the day, and even during the dinner and recognition, I couldn’t help but think about one of my mentors, J. Dwight Pentecost, who participated in my installation […]

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Jesus Teaches

“Jesus Teaches”Luke 6:20-49July 27, 2025 Jesus Christ is the Son of Man.  That is a title that denotes His position as both God and Man.  He is the fulfillment of the promise in Daniel 7:13-14 — the One who is given authority over all things by God the Father (the Ancient of Days).  As the […]

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Jesus Teaches: On Obedience

“Jesus Teaches:  On Obedience”Luke 6:46-49July 20, 2025 Last Sunday afternoon we became aware that John MacArthur was ill, in the hospital, and not expected to survive past a few more hours.  Indeed, Monday evening he entered his heavenly reward.  Faith was made sight.   Tuesday morning the elders gathered to pray, as we do each week, […]

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Jesus Teaches: On Loving Enemies

“Jesus Teaches:  On Loving Enemies”Luke 6:27-35June 22, 2025 Last week our family got back from a two-week vacation that was in some ways the trip of a lifetime.  We went to England, spending most of our time in London eating wonderful food, seeing Royal sights, going to museums and seeing ancient artifacts from around the […]

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Consider Death

Consider death. Think about, contemplate, and ponder on the reality of death.  That’s Solomon’s counsel: It is better to go to a house of mourningThan to go to a house of feasting,Because that is the end of every man,And the living takes it to heart.…The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,While […]

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