From our Election Day 2024 prayer service. No matter how the election goes, no matter what direction the United States takes, we set our hope on the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, which is "not of this world."

Lev. 19:13–18 Prov. 1:8–19 Luke 10:25–37 Eph. 5:1–14 In this message on the second table of the Law (commandments 5–10), we learn who our neighbors are, and why the Lord requires us to love...

Jesus & the apostles said that the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah was like a preview of the great Day of Judgment and the toppling of the Serpent's reign. Like the angel's rescued Lot from the destruction of the city, so Christ will return...

Many relationships have a breaking point, that point when someone taps out and says, “You’ve gone too far. This is over now.” Some Christians wonder if it’ll ever be like that for them when it comes to their relationship with their heavenly Fat...

There are people whose lives are filled with secret pain—whether the pain of their own sins or the pain of mistreatment at the hands of others. Genesis 16 reminds us that God sees. As Hagar is introduced into the story, this mistreated outsider...

Deut. 4:15–24 Jer. 17:5–10 Matt. 23:16–22 1 Cor. 16:1–4 The Ten Commandments are divided into two parts, or “tables," with the first four commandments focusing on our obedience to God. Forty years after they were first give...

When a relationship or friendship gets tested, usually the people in the relationship at some point have to get back on the same page. Doubts and misconceptions have to be overcome. This even had to happen between Abram and the Lord, and the wa...

Deut. 4:1–8 Isa. 57:14–21 Matt. 7:12–20 1 John 5:1–5  In a book for business leaders calledThe Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, the authors say that employees eventually “[run] out of self-control....

In many ways, Genesis is the story of a priesthood being recovered and restored. From another angle, Genesis is also the story of a war taking place between the offspring of the woman and the offspring of the serpent. Genesis 14 picks up on bot...

Deut. 24:7 Isa. 22:15–25 John 20:19–23 Rev. 3:7–13 The mission of the Church includes using the keys of the kingdom of heaven. What are those keys? In this message, we learn that gospel preaching and church discipline are the ke...

In Genesis 12:1–9 God promises Abram a people through an offspring, protection even through hardship, and a place to call home. Here in chapters 12–13, we learn that when God makes promises, they get tested i...

Exod. 29:31–34  Zech. 8:18–23  Matt. 26:26–29  1 Cor. 11:27–34  It’s always embarrassing to show up to an event badly prepared. You come to class having forgotten all about a test. A get-together with old fri...

In this passage, God develops and passes along to Abram the promise of the offspring to come, who will crush the head of the serpent. God chooses Abram not only to bless him, but also through him to bring blessing to the ends of the ea...

Gen. 17:1–14 Isa. 44:1–8 Matt. 28:16–20 Acts 2:36–41 The great theologian John Murray said, “If it is proper to administer baptism to infants, then the [importance] of baptism must be the same for infants as ...

Psalms 3–7 detail threats from within his kingdom; liars, murders, persecutors; and even the trouble of his own sins. But then here comes Psalm 8, a song of praise that teaches us to put our confidence in God. This psalm shows us how to zoom ou...

Num. 5:1–4 Ps. 51:1–12 Matt. 3:1–17 Titus 3:3–7 In baptism, God has given us a simple but powerful means of restoration. In this message we discover what the sacrament of baptism does and how it remains usefu...

Psalm 7 teaches us how to persevere when we’re sinned against. It’s a psalm about God getting justice for His people. But in v. 8, David tells the Lord, “Judge me according to my righteousness.” He speaks beyond himself, because in an ...

Gen. 1:1–5 Isa. 43:1–7 Matt. 22:1­–14 2 Cor. 4:3–6 Ever since the fall into sin, God’s image-bearers have not responded to God’s call properly without His grace intervening. If we are unable to respond when God calls us...

Historically, Psalm 6 has been called one of the 7 “penitential psalms.” In other words, it teaches us how to repent when we’ve sinned, or when we’re experiencing the consequences of sin in general. The relief we long for is only found in the L...

Lev. 4:27­–31 Hab. 2:1–5 John 15:1–11 2 Cor. 5:16–21 In this message on union with Christ, we turn to justification and sanctification. We learn how these two are related to each other—a relationship that is ...

Mornings bring us tiredness. Bad dreams. Chronic pain. And from the word “go,” our phones and tablets are calling the shots with messages, tasks to complete, and news updates about some terrible thing that happened over night. King David knew t...

Exod. 19:1–6 Joel 2:18–32 John 10:14–18 1 Cor. 12:12–27  Union with Christ is the believer’s connection to God, through His Son, by the Holy Spirit. In this message, we explore the Spirit's role in uniting us...

The “sleepless night” is a terrible experience. In Psalm 4, Israel’s king—King David—is facing just such a night. A thousand years later, the Lord Jesus would face an even darker night. Psalm 4 teaches us that all the stress and toil and restle...

In this message, Rev. Zac Wyse (Ascension Reformed Church, Cincinnati) opens God's word to explain what a transformed life looks like, the necessity of repentance, and the reason for good works.

No one likes to be told no, but sometimes our heavenly Father gives us this very answer. In this topical message on the problem of "no answers" from God, we recognize that even Jesus received a no-answer from his Father. The passage before us t...