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The Goal Is Not Obedient Children
The goal of Christian parenting is not merely to produce children who obey while we are watching. A well-behaved fool is still a fool. God calls us to form something deeper: sons and daughters who love wisdom, govern themselves beneath Christ, and joyfully obey Him long after our hands have returned to dust.
Pompey Didn’t Find A god
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to make no images.
The Wilderness is Patient
Across New England, old stone walls run through forests where families once worked the ground and gathered their harvests. The walls survived. The fields did not. What happened to that land can happen to a marriage, a household, or a soul, especially when we mistake past faithfulness for present obedience. Where have we stopped cultivating what God entrusted to us, and what will it take to reclaim the ground we have surrendered?
God is a Good Slave Owner
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to have no other gods.
Disordered Wantings
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to covet.
Hasty Conclusions
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to bear false witness.
Buried Talents
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to steal.
Fleeing Sin. Fighting Sin. And The Wisdom To Know The Difference
Some sins must be fled. Others must be fought. Wisdom is knowing the difference.
Scripture commands us to run from temptations that grow stronger through proximity, while standing our ground against sins that must be mortified within. This article explores the difference between holy retreat and holy resistance, and why Christian courage means neither always running nor always fighting, but obeying Christ in both.
Television And Adultery
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to commit adultery.
The Manliness of Singing
Christian men were never meant to mumble through worship while the women carry the room. From Moses and David to the Huguenots and Christ Himself, Scripture and history show that bold, thunderous singing belongs to strong men who know their King reigns and are not ashamed to sound like they believe it.
Indifference Is Still Murder
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to murder.
Caught In The Currents
The current didn’t need my permission. It didn’t need me to agree with it. It only needed me to stop paying attention.
Westminster, Three Forms, And The Christian Sabbath
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command on how to keep the Sabbath
Following Your Heart Is The Wrong Suicide
Following your heart is the wrong suicide because it kills everything God is making alive while preserving everything Christ commands you to put to death.
Goats Do Not Become Sheep
The plan of salvation is not about goats becoming sheep. It is about lost sheep being found.
Thank God God Is Jealous
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to not make any graven images.
Stop Calling Yourself The Head of Your Home
“A lot of Christian men like the word headship because it offends feminists and sounds strong without costing them anything. They like the idea of a wife who will submit to every whim his foolish heart can conjure and children who obey like little robots. But when headship starts demanding blood, sweat, tears, repentance, discipline, protection, grit, courage, and the kind of sacrifice that takes intestinal fortitude to muster… Well, they suddenly go missing.”
Nobody Worships Nothing
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command have no other gods before Him.
The Graves of Craving
Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to covet.