Three Trees: God’s Redemptive Plan from Genesis to Revelation

God’s love for humanity is not a vague sentiment, but a plan unfolding since the first garden. Three trees anchor that plan from the opening pages of Genesis to the closing vision of Revelation, and together they tell the story of a God who has never stopped working to bring His people home. The Tree […]

Give Yourself Grace

Grace is easy to extend to others. It is much harder to extend to yourself. Most sermons push you toward doing better, being better, praying more, studying more, serving more. This one does not. This one is about what happens when you have already failed, and what Jesus does next. Earlier this year, my wife […]

Wrapped in Him

a graphic that shows Jesus in swaddling clothes, an empty tomb with burial linens, and a baptism.

The Bible uses clothing as a window into salvation. From the manger to the empty tomb to the waters of baptism, cloth tells the complete story of what God has done for us in Christ. A few years ago, I was preaching in Hillsboro, Ohio, when a new congregation started in town. They put up […]