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The Role of Words in Worship
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.
A Boiling Caldron Of Discontentment
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.
The Worship God Hates
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 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.”