How many times have you asked, "how long?" Life is full of frustrations, uncertainties, temptations that leave us asking this question. Psalm 13 shows us the right way - and the right Person - to whom we should put this question.

The only certainty about our lives is that they will one day come to an end. Are you ready for that?

Sadly war dominates our news today. But aside from the awful reality and impact of physical war, there is also a war of words taking place, a war between truth and lies, light and darkness. This psalm confronts the reality of wicked words and helps us to navigate a world full of empty talk.

Genesis may be an ancient book, but it is perfectly relevant to modern times. In the earliest days of humanity we see the same patterns still at work in the world today: exploration, escalation and exaltation.

Following Adam and Eve's fall into sin in Genesis 3, how bad could things really get? Genesis 4 quickly shows us. We have all inherited the sin of our first parents. It takes the blood of a brother to redeem us.

1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 lay out very specific qualifications for those who would serve as elders in the church. These are not guidelines or suggestions; they are things that must be present to some degree at least in every man who holds this important office.

1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 lay out very specific qualifications for those who would serve as elders in the church. These are not guidelines or suggestions; they are things that must be present to some degree at least in every man who holds this important office.

This sermon was preached during a baptism service in October 2021. With vivid imagery, this prophecy of Ezekiel points us forward to the cleansing and reviving power of Christ and His Spirit.

Do elders just help serve communion? Shake hands with people on the door? Are they the ministers' assistants? Certainly not! Here we consider the job of elders according to Scripture: to "shepherd the flock of God" (1 Peter 5:1ff.).

First in a four-part series considering what the Bible teaches about elders in the church. Here we consider five reasons why we need elders to lead the local church.