This sermon insists that the light and life of the age to come should be previewed in the lives of every Christian in the present. It also identifies the barrier to that light and life making its debut in our lives.

This sermon begins our study of 1 John with the first four verses. In those verses John emphasizes the fact that Jesus offers us the life of the future, in the present. He says that eternal life can be accessed, enjoyed, and manifested here and now.

This sermons warns us against trusting in created things and seeking security under the sun. Israel bore all the marks of social stability just before their fall to Babylon because having material prosperity without the blessing of God renders that material useless.

This sermon teaches that when God is working against His people, it is for our good. It also shows that one of the primary ways that God works against us is by giving us over to our idols.

This sermon on Lamentations chapter 1 acknowledges and explores the fact that our corporate crises are hand delivered by God Himself and works to show the hope that that fact works into our lives.

This sermon explains and applies lessons from the literary structure of the book of Lamentations. It shows us that we ought to grieve doxologically (for God’s glory), that we must centralize God’s sovereignty, and that we can always bank on God’s mercy.

This sermon keys in on the normal, everyday faithfulness of average folks that God uses to bring the invisible values of heaven down to the earth. Paul closes the letter to the Colossians with a list of ordinary people whose Gospel-shaped living is used by God to make extraordinary impact on the world.

This sermon looks at Paul’s instructions about Christian maturity and mission. We are to grow from being recipients of grace to becoming reciprocators of grace. Paul tells us what that looks like and entails in Colossians 4:2-6.

In Colossians 3:18-4:1 Paul gives us a clear example of what it looks like to “heavenize” an earthly institution as he adds, “Husbands love your wives and do not treat them harshly,” to their already socially engrained norm, “wives submit to your husbands.” He teaches us to look around at the stuff of earth and bringing the compassion, humility, meekness, forgiveness, and patience of heaven to bear on them.

In Col. 3:1-17 Paul helps us think about how to live our lives on earth in a way that is heavenly. Heaven and earth aren’t meant to be separated, rather, the values and culture of heaven are meant to invade and permeate the earth through our everyday interactions in the world.