We plan, strategize, and optimize as if the future rests on our shoulders, only to discover that the weight is crushing us. Proverbs 16 calls us not to abandon planning, but to roll the burden of sovereignty onto the Lord who actually governs outcomes. This piece exposes the illusion of control, diagnoses the heart behind our anxiety, and shows how real freedom is found in surrendered, worshipful planning under the rule of Christ.

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 other gods before God.

Before the first hymn is sung, heaven has already heard your worship. Every word you mutter, every promise you make, every prayer you pray stands before God as an offering.

Proverbs exposes the uncomfortable truth that our speech reveals our allegiance and often condemns us. Yet the Word made flesh has spoken perfectly in our place, redeeming our broken words and teaching us to turn our tongues into instruments of true worship.

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.

Not all worship is welcomed by God. The Worship God Hates exposes the sobering biblical reality that God does not measure worship by effort, emotion, or sincerity, but by the fear of the Lord and a heart turned from sin. Drawing from Proverbs and culminating in the gospel, this piece shows why religious performance can provoke divine disgust and why only worship offered in Christ, flowing from repentance and obedience, is truly pleasing to God.

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.

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.

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

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.

A new Sunday School class is coming!

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

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.

“The manger marks the moment when the ancient promise takes on flesh and breath, vulnerability and glory, humility and kingship.”

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 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.”

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.

“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.””

“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.”

“Supersessionism is not a theory; it is the unavoidable outcome of taking the Bible seriously.”

“Only those who have stood inside winter’s ache can recognize the miracle of spring.”