This Week Godly work God’s Word tells us how to live in order to please him. Join us this weekend to learn from 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 how our daily vocations, including our work, show brotherly love to each other and to people we do not know. Highlights Events and ministry news needing immediate attention Ministry…

This Week The Joy of Sex Didn’t expect that for a title of a Weekly article, did you? It is the title of a wildly popular book on sexuality from the 1970s, recently republished. There’s no shortage of advice and guidance for sex, and no shortage of people who want to influence our thinking about…

This Week You’ve arrived Some first-generation GPS units proudly announced when you pulled up to your destination, “You’ve arrived.” Who doesn’t like to hear, “You’ve arrived. You’ve made it. You’ve done it.” Seldom, though, does it apply to bigger things in life. You’re the best golfer you can be—”You’ve arrived?” Hardly. You’ve mastered a subject so well there’s…

This Week Joy because of you Teflon makes for a better omelet, but a worse heart. If you’re going to invest in other people, you have to take the Teflon off your heart. When you see someone in trouble but keep your distance, he or she knows it and so do you. But if your joy…

This Week Good shepherding Paul was a great missionary because of his passion for the people he served. Most people are not shepherds in the strict sense of being a pastor of a church (the word pastor means shepherd), but with a general love of people, we can all treat people like family, under the…

This Week Integrity A famous actress once said, “It’s useless to hold a person to anything he says while he’s in love, drunk, or running for office.” A less punchy way to say the same thing is “integrity matters.” Paul discovered that the message, even the message of the gospel, is inextricably tied up in the…

This Week New Series | 1 & 2 Thessalonians Two distinct elements can combine to create something wonderful. Hershey did that with peanut butter and chocolate; the result is the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. The Lord did that with a man and a woman; the result is marriage. This weekend we combine two distinct elements: the…

This Week There’s nobody like Jesus No one else with all authority in heaven and on earth saw his followers abandon him yet gave his life for them. On Maundy Thursday, Jesus extended his hand as if to wave goodbye and say, “I’ll see you later in Galilee.” The following day, he extended his hands…

This Week Temporary humiliation Jesus’ state of humiliation was the time during which he did not make full use of his heavenly power and glory. To many, he looked weak, and he died a criminal’s death. Palm Sunday was a day of humility; Jesus’ triumphal entry was overshadowed by the details of glory that it…

This Week Don’t worry Have you ever confided in someone about a worry and he or she responded, “That’ll never happen. Don’t worry.” Oh really? Unless that person was God, how can he or she know that a car won’t roll off that car-carrier ahead of you on the freeway and crash into you? Or…