From Eden to the Kingdom

The King of Salem

From Genesis 14:17-24, we have to ask whether we are seeking the approval of man or the approval of God?

The Significance of Works

From Luke 15:11-31: The Pharisees believed that they were slaves who could earn acceptance into God's family, but Jesus explains through the parable of the prodigal son that our acceptance is based on his grace to us as his children, not our outward obedience.

The Immediate or The Eternal

From Genesis 13:1-18, Lot exemplifies the unbeliever who chases after the immediate, while Abram exemplifies the faithful believer who waits on the promises of God.

The Value of a Coin

From Luke 15:8-10: We measure our own value based on our comparison to other people or our acceptable moral behavior before God, but God gives us value by his grace, in making us in his image and redeeming us through Christ.

The Covenant Of Faith

From Genesis 12:1-3: Fallen men and women seek physical blessings through some form of perfection, but such perfection can never be obtained. In this passage, the story of humanity shifts for the better, not because of some great hero, but because of the gracious covenant of God.

Babylon Has Fallen

From Genesis 11:1-9, Fallen humanity seeks to make idols of themselves and disobey even the most basic commands of God, but Jesus makes a name for himself through suffering and obeys every last command of his Father.

Covenant Blessing in the New World

From Genesis 9:1-17. In American culture, we have learned to detach religion and God from reality. God is helpful for our mental wellbeing, but he has no bearing on our daily lives. But, the story of the Bible reveals a different God: one who enables life through his blessing.

God Remembered Noah

From Genesis 8:13-22. Mankind is fickle and unpredictable, but God is longsuffering and gracious, even in his judgment. Through a sacrifice given by a righteous man, Noah, mankind rested from God's wrath. So too, through the sacrifice of one righteous man, Jesus Christ, mankind enters eternal rest in the presence of God.

Deliverance Through Righteousness

From Genesis 7:1-10, In our time, we define righteousness as being true to oneself, but in Scripture, we find that the way that seems right to a man leads to destruction. True righteousness is found walking after God, and it is because of the righteousness of Christ that we are ultimately able to pass through the judgment of God.

Easter Homily 2019

From 1 Cor. 15:12-26 - We seek permanence in a world that is always changing. Jesus has come to bring resurrection and life, giving us an eternal kingdom which will never end.