2 Min
Are Christians Perfect? Yes...and No
Pastor Wes Bredenhof
Jul 15, 2025
Does the Bible contradict itself on the question of whether or not Christians are perfect? Atheists and skeptics say so.
3 Min
Recognizing and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnancy
Pastor Mark Hogan
Jul 10, 2025
Sometimes Christians fall into a spiritual malaise, not recognizing the key signs that have led them to that point. As doctors of the human heart, the Puritans helpfully diagnose the signs of declension in the Christian life.
2 Min
Amped Up Passion
Pastor Wes Bredenhof
Jul 8, 2025
What sorts of things do you get passionate about? What does it mean to be zealous?
3 Min
Don’t Neglect the Assembling of the Saints!
Pastor Mark Hogan
Jul 4, 2025
A church-less Christian is a pure contradiction in terms. An oxymoron like falsely true.
2 Min
Keep Your Kids from the Kool-Aid
Pastor Wes Bredenhof
Jul 2, 2025
Public education is a mortal spiritual danger to our children -- we ought to treat it as such.
5 Min
Eight Reasons Women Should Not Serve as Deacons
Pastor Mark Hogan
Jul 2, 2025
Do 1 Timothy 3:11 and Romans 16:1-2 advocate for female deacons?
4 Min
Diagnosing Our Personal Idols
Pastor Mark Hogan
Jun 26, 2025
Idols are secret loves, hidden trusts, and time-grabbers. We sometimes need to fish them out of the depths of our hearts where they stay hidden.
2 Min
Christian, Don't Suppress Your Identity!
Pastor Wes Bredenhof
Jun 24, 2025
There's often a temptation to cover up who we are as Christians. We have to fearlessly live out our identity in Jesus Christ.
4 Min
What to Do When the Bible Makes You Uncomfortable
Pastor Mark Hogan
Jun 24, 2025
Instead of ignoring, or self-condemning, or looking for quick comfort, we should honestly search our hearts and ask that God would change us.
6 Min
The Google Earth View on Besetting Sin
Pastor Mark Hogan
Jun 19, 2025
Christians trapped in a repeating “sin-cycle” are sometimes myopically focused on stopping the sin itself, that they don’t address the deeper motivations of why it is necessary to stop sin, and what the sin has to do with idolatry.