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Making the Most of This Time

If you were suddenly given extra time, what would you do with it? What if you unexpectedly found that much of what fills your calendar – sports, meetings, activities, school,…

Responding to the Coronavirus

Over the past few months we’ve watched this thing we now know as coronavirus make its way from China all the way to Fairfax County. Suddenly everyone is an expert…

Black History Month: Books

Last week, in honor of Black History Month, I recommended 10 movies. Today I offer 10 books. Let Justice Roll Down by John M. Perkins, founder of Voice of Calvary…

Black History Month: Movies

In recognition of Black History Month, I’d like to pass along a list of movies and books (movies this week – I’ll do the books next week) that have helped…

How Do We Remember the Sabbath?

What is God’s will for us in the fourth commandment, “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy”? I love the way the Heidelberg Catechism answers this question by pointing…

3 Ways the Holy Spirit Helps Us Keep God’s Commands

If God’s people in the Old Testament were so unsuccessful in keeping the 10 Commandments, how can we, as Jesus’ disciples, expect to succeed where they failed? The short answer…

The Strange and Disturbing Case of Walter McMillan

“…injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent and determined action.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Letter from Birmingham Jail He has told you, O man, what is good; and…

Disciples in D.C.

We live in a city of enormous power, dominated by politics and many weighty policy questions ranging from refugees to racism. We live under the shadow of dramatic events, from…

Lessons from the House of Mourning

“It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will…

Glad Tidings or Season of Stress?

If Christmas is about the advent of Jesus Christ, the time when we remember our Savior was born, why do many find it to be so stressful and difficult? It’s…

Resources to Help Us Grow in the Grace of Giving

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become…

Should I Tithe to My Church?

Back in August I began a series of posts about money. How can we live generously in an age of consumerism? We explored consumerism – the dangers of life where…