The Way Christ Looks at Us
A day of celebration of Vieux Carre Baptist, with Phil Wells preaching his first sermon as an ordained pastor.
Continue readingA day of celebration of Vieux Carre Baptist, with Phil Wells preaching his first sermon as an ordained pastor.
Continue readingOne of the great mysteries of our faith is how it could be possible that the God who made the universe could possibly enter into time and humanity. In the
Continue readingThe people of God would have sung Psalm 118 ritually, every year at the passover, but the meaning of the Psalm would have changed through the ups and downs
Continue readingGod’s heart, meaning the core of his desires, is to gather people into families. The Bible has words for this: adoption and redemption. There is a spiritual reality of God
Continue readingWe’ve been talking about singleness and marriage in their most godly, healthiest forms. But that’s not where we live. What do you do when something goes wrong in your singleness
Continue readingMatthew 19: On Freedom and the Bondage of the Will Good morning, church. Please go with me to Matthew, chapter 19. One thing to know about me: I love naming
Continue readingOur culture looks at marriage as a contract between two people–one in which you get to define the terms on each other, renegotiate, and, if you’re displeased, break. But
Continue readingOur culture teaches a doctrine of soul mates, perfect matches, and happily ever after–and because that’s no one’s real experience, we’re left feeling inadequate, unfulfilled, even betrayed in our marriages
Continue readingSo often we despise the gifts God gives us of singleness or in marriage because we think they’re gifts given to us for our improvement and enjoyment. But what if
Continue readingOur culture tends to conceive of marriage either as a means of self-improvement, as a means of fulfilling deep desires, or as a restrictive familial and sexual contract. What does
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