Hickory Grove

Don’t be a “good Christian” and pretend everything is hunky-dory. It’s not, and God knows it’s not.

Our challenge as believers in the true Christ is to submit our vision to the lordship of faithful hearing.

God has betrothed us to Himself in righteousness and justice, love and mercy. He is faithful to keep His vows, even when we're not.

Let’s prepare our hearts to be more pro-life than we’ve ever been. God is on the move; let’s move with Him.

As it turns out, most of our neighbors know the difference between a man and a woman.

The grace that lifted Peter out of the pit of shame and Paul out of his murderous rebellion is the grace that can restore you and me.

Today is Maundy Thursday—the day God’s people traditionally remember Jesus’ washing the disciples’ feet and sharing the Last Supper.

Through the juxtaposition of our welcome with pop-rock-loneliness, God impressed upon me the beauty of Christian fellowship and hospitality.

What an odd and alarming thing for an ordained presbyterian minister to say.

The world needs our prophetic words, but we will only speak well for God and His design if we’ve first spoken to God in prayer.

Anxiety is a complicated phenomenon... Sometimes, it requires a medical script. Always, it requires all-encompassing prayer.

Heavenly citizenship does not require us to withdraw from the earthly city but to “look carefully” as to how we walk upon its streets.

Today is Ash Wednesday—a day of prayer, fasting, and lament over our sin. This year, the ashes are essentially poignant.

Last week, we looked at the office of elder. Today, we consider deacons.

I’m dedicating a string of letters to the basics of presbyterianism. Today, we're looking at the office of elder.

We’ve not taken it on ourselves to cut our constitution out of whole cloth as though Christ’s church were no different than the Kiwanis.

Unity may very well be one of the more compelling gifts we have to offer our neighbors in this polarized and polarizing age.

To be united in Christ isn't to think the same as everyone else but to share in Him as our ultimate object of devotion and highest authority

Brothers and Sisters, This past Sunday, we considered (among other things) the life we have in Christ. As I reflected on that this week,...

We've been edified by works written from different worldviews than our own. We ought to acknowledge and celebrate the grace in that.