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“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
[The following is adapted from a brief testimony that I shared at my installation service on August 16, 2015 at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. I share it with you with the hope that it will encourage you
Continue readingThis past Lord’s Day, it was an honor to be installed as the new senior pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Heights, Ohio (an eastern suburb of Cleveland). One of the men who spoke at the service was Jeff
Continue readingLast month, my wife and I and our four youngest children had the privilege of making a road trip to Arizona to serve at a family camp in beautiful Sedona, Arizona. The 3-day camp was the 29th family camp for
Continue readingYesterday, our family returned from a 2-week, 4,200-mile road trip to Arizona. We had a wonderful time of being awed by the creative works of our awesome God (the red mountains of Sedona and the Grand Canyon, to name just
Continue readingEarlier this week, I posted a brief article on the work of the triune godhead in the believer’s sanctification. I was surprised by the interest the post generated. Therefore, I’ve decided to list the ways the three members work together
Continue readingA couple weeks ago, I was unpacking boxes of books and files in my new office at Cornerstone Community Church when a lesson plan caught my eye. It was on the Tri-Unity of God, which I had put together in
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Continuing our thoughts from yesterday’s post on the brightness of gospel light in an ever-darkening world, let’s think about the power of the Holy Spirit to take that same gospel and employ it to rescue sinners out of sinful lifestyles
Continue readingLast week’s Supreme Court decision in favor of homosexual marriage is one that grieves the heart of any true Christian. It brings grief because we know the Scriptures are true when it says that sin is a disgrace to any
Continue readingIt’s a pleasure to inform you that a revised and updated edition of the book Counseling One Another is now published by Shepherd Press (originally 2009 by Day One Publications) and is available in eBook form. Print copy will be
Continue readingThis past Saturday morning, I revisited Lamentations 3:22-25, which has been a significant source of soul food for me over the years. These four verses contain promises and statements about God which are simply amazing in their simplicity and yet
Continue readingIt is not uncommon for one chapter to be worth the price of a book. I said that to myself when I finished reading “Learning Contentment,” the tenth chapter in Sinclair Ferguson’s Deserted by God? But then, right after I
Continue readingNo matter what valley the Lord is taking, or has taken, you through, let your heart and mind be counseled by the Spirit-filled lyrics of this song. Don’t be surprised if the refrain brings you to tears. There is strength
Continue readingWhen the Old Testament prophet Isaiah predicted the suffering of Messiah he said, “But the Lord was pleased to crush Him, putting Him to grief” (53:10). Why? Why would God the Father be pleased to kill His only begotten Son?
Continue readingIn prayer we tell God nothing He does not already know. Instead, our prayers acknowledge our awareness of something He has always known and that we regularly forget—that we need Him and cannot live without Him. We need understand more
Continue readingEarlier this month, David Murray posted a list entitled 10 Ways to Hate People. The list struck me, especially since these sins are all too common among those who profess to know Jesus Christ. The list has come back to
Continue reading“I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts” (Psalm 119:45). This verse struck me a couple weeks back when I was working through Psalm 119. “What does the phrase ‘walk in a wide place’ mean,”
Continue readingIn the past few posts, we’ve been walking through James 1:2-12 and learning how God uses trials to test and grow our faith in order to lead us to greater fruitfulness. First, James taught us that trials test our posture,
Continue readingThe Bible indicates that a person’s attitude toward material possessions is a reflector of his true spiritual condition. For example, when Jesus challenged the rich young ruler to leave his wealth and follow Him, the man “became very sad, for
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
