Redeeming Grace Church: 1st Quarter Sovereign Grace Mission Video
At our Pastors Conference last November I shared a burden that Sovereign Grace Churches would take prayerful risks to plant more churches especially in the United States. The 1st quarter Sovereign Grace Mission Video captures one story that illustrates how taking risks to plant a church leads to good gospel fruit. Living Hope Church in […]
Sovereign Grace Churches Second Quarter 2024 Prayer Requests
In 1859, Austin Phelps published a book on prayer entitled, “The Still Hour.” In his book, Phelps writes, “Any unperverted mind will conceive of the scriptural idea of prayer, as that of one of the most downright, sturdy realities in the universe. Right in the heart of God’s plan of government it is lodged as a […]
The Pastors College & Partnership with Local Churches
I was encouraged to share the recent podcast recorded with my friend Jeff Purswell, Dean of Students of the Pastors College, so I’m including the link and full transcript below. As Jeff said so well: “given who we are as a family of churches, given what the Lord has worked in us, the doctrine that […]
Sovereign Grace Churches First Quarter 2024 Prayer Requests
A verse that has been on my heart for a year now is John 15:5 where Jesus says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” We will bear much fruit for Christ by […]
Five Hopes for Sovereign Grace in 2024
Recently on the podcast I shared five hopes I have for Sovereign Grace Churches in 2024. Here is a summary of the hopes with the linked podcast episode below if you’d like to watch or listen or read the full transcript, with additional explanation and resources for deeper understanding. The first hope is that we […]
What I’m Grateful For in 2023
At the end of December 2023 on the weekly podcast with Benjamin Kreps, I spoke about how good God has been to our family of churches over the last year and recounted a few of these blessings that I’m so grateful for. Here’s a summary of what I shared with Ben. To watch or listen […]
Sovereign Grace 4th Quarter Prayer Requests
Building relationally has always been a value in Sovereign Grace, and by the grace of God, it’s our hope that it always will be. One of the ways that we strengthen the relationships we have among our churches is to pray for one another. It is right that we, as a family of churches, pray […]
The Eikon Journal & Understanding Complementarianism
Recently on the podcast, Ben and I spoke about sound exegesis and our complementarian convictions. Once again I recommended a valuable resource: Eikon, A Journal for Biblical Anthropology by CBMW. Here is an excerpt from the podcast on why I highly recommend this resource. I’m very grateful for CBMW to publish a journal that is […]
Sovereign Grace Mission Video: Asia-Pacific
I’m very excited to share this mission video with you because it highlights just a bit of the good gospel work being done in the Asia-Pacific part of the world. You will hear from Jeffrey Jo (Philippines), JP (India), and Songhwan Kang (South Korea). You will also get a glimpse of our first Sovereign Grace […]
Faith for Church Planting
Recently on the podcast, Ben and I talked about 1 Corinthians 3: 5-9 with truths that can stir our faith for church planting. Here are some excerpts from the transcript, with the full podcast linked below. Paul writes in verse 5, “What then is Apollos, what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the […]