Day 53! That’s 53 days we’ve been given to worship our great God together, but separately. Let’s be the #scatteredassembly by singing along with the songs, by watching the Scripture reading, childrens’ story, and message videos, giving, and then joining the whole church on Zoom, just to see each other’s faces. It is a great…

We’ve all heard, in one form or another, the subtle message that Jesus saves but it’s up to you to stay that way. It’s never stated that directly, but that is the net effect. We’ve been told that salvation is by faith alone, but now that you are a Christian, you need to work hard…

A few weeks ago I shared from the prophet Zephaniah about God singing over his people. The love and joy and delight God has for us is extraordinary and is something we must rejoice in. This truth, this reality of God’s love to us in Christ ought to cause us to rest in him, for…

The kings of ancient Assyria were particularly brutal and violent. In the 9th century BC Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II bragged about defeating his enemies, flaying them, and then covering his walls. He bragged about cutting off hands and feet, noses and ears, lips and fingers. He bragged about the garland of heads he strung around…

In popular literature we have become accustomed to thinking of “antichrist” as a specific person. In the apostle John’s first letter he wrote of many antichrists. For example, in 1 John 2 he wrote, Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come.…