This Sunday we will look at Isaiah 60, which is a beautiful vision of the New Jerusalemthe New Heaven and Earth. Truly, all things will be made new in Christ! As you read through Isaiah 60, notice theemphasis on the nations. It is clear that the new world God will bring about will include people from every tribe and tongue(Rev. 5:9-10). It is also clear that sorrow and te...

This week we will explore Isaiah 58:1-12 and talk about "Fake Religion vs. True Relationship." This is an incrediblyconvicting passage. It shows us thedifference between religious pretense and a love relationship with God. The differences are stark, but often hard to see at first. But Isaiah lays them bare in this powerfulchapter. If we come at this text with the idea tha...

This week we will delve into Isaiah 57:13-21, and talk about "Taking Refuge In God." There is so much here: What obstacleshinder us from returning to God? What must we understand about his character and promises as we flee to him for refuge? I am so enjoying digging into this text, and can't wait to unpack it with you on Sunday. See you then. By His Grace, For His Glory...

It will be wonderful to be back with you this Sunday, after a brief post-Easter time ofrelaxation. Melissa and I were able to spend a long weekend in beautiful Charleston, SC. It was great to be able to get away as a couple for the first time in well over a year, and to do so as fully vaccinated people. We enjoyed crowded restaurants without the fear ofgetting Covid or spr...

New Testament scholar NT Wright has written, "Ask people around the world what they think is the biggest day of the year for Christians. Most will say, 'Christmas.' The true answer is Easter. This is the moment of new creation. If it hadn't been for Easter, nobody would have ever dreamed of celebrating Christmas." In fact, if it weren't for Easter, there would be no Chris...

This Sunday is Palm Sunday, one of the great days on the Christian calendar. We will take the Lord's Supper and look at John 11:1-44, which takes place just before Passion Week, and foreshadows the death and resurrection of Christ. Read through John 11, and ask the Spirit to take you deeper into the gospel. And then come prayed up for Palm Sunday, eager to worship the One...

This Sunday we will look at Isaiah 55. The title of the message is, "If You're Thirsty." In Isaiah 55, God is graciously inviting hispeople to come to him, to return to him. He is inviting us to a feastand the bill has already been paid by the Servant. You see, what we've studied for the last two weeks inchapters 52 and 53 leads directly to theinvitation of chapter 55! So...

This Sunday we will study Isaiah 53:6-12, the second half of the final Servant Song in Isaiah. It is truly amazing that these words, whichvividly depict the suffering and death andresurrection of our Lord, were written well over 700 years before his birth! I can't wait to dig into this text with you on Sunday, and take the Lord's Supper together, as we look at "The Suffer...

This Sunday we will look at the first part of Isaiah's final, climactic Servant song, in Isaiah 52:13-53:5. This is where all the servant songs have been leading Jesus is theServant who suffers and substitutes himself for our sins, so that we can be "Healed By His Wounds." We will take the next two weeks to unpack this Servant song, which runs from Isaiah 52:13-53:12. Th...

This Sunday we will look at Isaiah 52:7-12, as we talk about "The Victory of God." Wowis this text encouraging! I can't wait to preach it. Jesus has won the victory, through his death for sinners, and his resurrection from the dead. He is now ascended and exalted at the right hand of the Father, and will return to rule and reign. Let us go forth and herald this to the na...