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The Paradox of Fear
The fear of God doesn’t produce anxiety—it ends it. When we stop trying to be God, we gain confidence, rest, and a joy that circumstances cannot touch.
The Good We Could Have Done: Stealing From God And From Our Future
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.
Whoring Under Every Tree: The Sin Under Every Sin
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
True Worship: Living Before The Face Of God
There are no neutral spaces in the Christian life. Every thought, every word, every ambition, and every ordinary moment is lived before the face of the all-seeing God—and that reality is not a burden to bear, but the foundation of true freedom and worship.
CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: A New Sunday School Class!
A new Sunday School class is coming!
Murdering Your Future: The Sixth Commandment and the Sin of Neglect
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
Between Milk-Bloods and Chest Thumpers: Counterfeit Masculinity and the Sin of Dishonoring Your Wife
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 honor.
Christmas Did Not Begin In Bethlehem
“The manger marks the moment when the ancient promise takes on flesh and breath, vulnerability and glory, humility and kingship.”
When Saying “Merry Christmas” Is Sinful
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 take the name of God in vain.
God’s Self-Maledictory Rainbow
“God hangs His bow, aimed right at Him, to make visible His commitment to the covenant terms… If that covenant failed, God is promising that He would be run through with His own arrow.”
Making Fake “Jesus(es)”
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 make any images of God.
A Preterist Supersessionism Part 3 (The Romans 11 Case)
“Romans 11 isn’t the bunker where Zionism hides when the rest of Scripture collapses its system; it’s the grave it never climbs out of and the manifesto of Christ’s one, new Israel.””
A Preterist Supersessionism Part 2 (The Historical Case)
“Supersessionism isn’t a cruel, anti-Semitic twist of theology; it is the apostolic worldview—the grammar of redemption and the blueprint for how anyone and everyone can be saved in Christ alone.”
A Preterist Supersessionism Part 1 (The Covenant Case)
“Supersessionism is not a theory; it is the unavoidable outcome of taking the Bible seriously.”
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND THE FEAR OF DEATH
“Only those who have stood inside winter’s ache can recognize the miracle of spring.”
The Glittering “gods” Of December
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 have any god’s before Him.
FEAST BEFORE THE VICTORY
“Thanksgiving is not a reward for comfort but a weapon against despair. Christians feast before the victory because our hope rests not in circumstances but in the reigning Christ who governs history toward triumph.”
Two Women Who Rule The World
“We do not fail to follow Lady Wisdom because the path is unclear; we fail because our hearts are broken in the exact shape of Folly’s doorway.”
LYING SILENTLY
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.
The Case For A Preterist Supersessionism (Part 1)
Christ does not compete with the Old Covenant; He completes it—and once the fulfillment arrives, the entire covenantal order must be transformed. The shadows cannot stand when the substance appears, the scaffolding cannot remain when the building is finished, and the people of God cannot be defined by what Christ has already brought to an end. In Him the covenants reach their goal, the promises find their Yes and Amen, and Israel’s entire story is lifted into its true and final form.