Pastor and church planter of Grace Presbyterian Church in Dearborn MI (PCA). RTS Grad. Also a Hokie.
Joined September 2009
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You know how to make your pastor happy? Give him a chance to talk about all of the interesting things he learned about the sermon scripture that did not make it into the sermon. If possible, even pretend to be interested.
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Preached on Genesis 12:10-20 yesterday. Abram looked at his wife and Pharaoh and said “I must be saved, you must suffer so I may live.” Christ did the opposite. He looked at us and said “You must be saved! I must suffer so you may live.”
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I recently calculated that I’m about 200 sermons into my preaching career. It feels like I’m just starting to get the hang of it. I honestly thought I’d be further along by now.
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The idea that there are healthy, gospel preaching churches full of people who would quickly jump ship to a different church down the road is so strange. How could the church be healthy if it's full of members who don’t understand the importance of membership vows?
What is sin? Sin is any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God. Or planting a faithful Gospel proclaiming church.
If First Pres wanted to stay open they probably shouldn’t have given up their birthright of the Gospel for a bowl of worldly stew.
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Apparently there is a “crusade” coming to Dearborn city council. The remarkable irony is that I, an evangelical Christian pastor in Dearborn, was invited months ago BY CITY COUNCIl to pray at this meeting, something I have done before for them. Our city council has been remarkably friendly to me and our church. In fact several members have joined us for worship in the past. The narratives about our city and its leadership online are very misleading.
Preached on Psalm 90 today. My main takeaway: Moses is lamenting the fact that we all live short, miserable lives because of our sin. Amazingly God's solution was to come and live a short, miserable life, because of our sin.
I just discovered spell check has not been working on my gmail. It may have been like this for months. I am overwhelmed with embarrassment.
"Death is not natural, however much we accustom ourselves to it." - Christopher Ash in his commentary on Psalm 90.
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Yall… it’s bad here. My daughter has been hospitalized for asthma in the past so we are laying low.
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I have observed a direct correlation between how significantly someone has been hurt by church leaders in the past and how much they appreciate Presbyterianism.
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“Though you have prepared your sermon carefully and thoroughly, you never know what is going to happen until you get into the pulpit and start preaching. You may find yourself amazed and astonished at what has happened.” -Martin Loyd-Jones
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I remember well the depression I would feel when I was younger coming down from a "spiritual high" after attending a Christian summer camp or something similar. That feeling of closeness with God and his people would fade and leave me feeling dry. Oh how I wish I knew to read psalm 42 during those times.
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Fun time at the downtown Dearborn World Cup watch party. Ended with a subdued but heartfelt singing of the national anthem.
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I grew up with the assumed belief that birthright citizenship was one of the amazing distinctives that set our country apart from ethnic centered nations. I am surprised by the controversy.
Though I’m sure we’d have plenty of differences. I do admire the young folks in @pftk_org who are standing for biblical principles as best they can in the PCUSA.
As a young believer I was part of Presbyterians for Renewal, a renewal movement in the mainline denomination so I remember the struggle well.