Well, it's been quite a week. Dr. Dave is home! Praise God that bypass surgery was not needed and that the procedure to insert the stents went well! Please continue to pray for Dave and Joanne as they recover from a stressful and scary ordeal. And as we prepare our hearts for the sermon this Sunday on Deuteronomy 14, I'd like us to meditate on the idea of Christian dist...

What would happen if someone told you that you had to worship in a certain place, at a certain time, and in a certain way? I think we'd all be up in arms about it. We'd hope that we would say that we must obey the Lord first, and then man. But what if it were God telling you where, when, and how you'd worship? Would you still chafe at the command? As Americans living in th...

Wow, what a week! I've been praying for the people of Ukraine today as war has been thrust upon them. I've been praying especially for the ERSU (Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine) which was started by PCA missionaries. The churches in Ukraine send more missionaries throughout Europe than any other country. The gospel is strong in that land. I've written to several m...

First off, I hope you've been praying for the people of Ukraine. As one of our PCA missionaries serving in Kharkiv wrote this week, "Nowhere in my seminary education is there a class called, "How to evacuate your church in case of invasion." His church was able to evacuate, but is now scattered in twelve different cities and five different countries. Many are wondering if ...

Well, we have some good news (at least for most of you). Today, we were notified that the LCPS mask mandate for community events and churches has been lifted! Here's the official statement from their website: "Even though transmission rates for COVID in Loudoun County are high, they continue to decrease. To that end, LCPS has changed safety protocols to permit persons ut...

It occurs to me that Super Bowl Sunday is a day filled with shifting allegiances. While it's a great day for Rams and Bengals fans, the rest of the nation is caught trying to figure out who they should root for. Can you cheer for bitter division rivals simply because a victory might make the division your favorite team plays in look tougher? Or maybe you decide to cheer fo...

We're continuing in our sermon series on "Knowing God" from the Book of Deuteronomy and we've come to Deuteronomy 6. This text contains the shemah of Israel ("Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One" Deuteronomy 6:4) that every Jew knows, and which is considered one of the most holy verses in the Hebrew Bible (our Old Testament). It's a profound statement of mon...

Some of you may remember this wonderful piece of artwork. It's hanging in the church office. It's a picture of Moses going up Mt. Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments from God. It was drawn by Miss Fiona Hanley (a former, much-loved member of our church) for the sermon series I did on Exodus back in 2016. I thought of it this week as we'll be looking at Deuteronomy 4:44-...

Well, this week we've come to one of the least known and most important chapters of the Old Testament. We'll be looking at Deuteronomy 4:1-43. It may be the least known because it has nothing new in it, and yet it's the most important because Moses is reminding the people of what they need to know just prior to giving them the Ten Commandments again. So what would they ...

Well, we've already had our first canceled service of the New Year, and hopefully, that's the last one! And while Frank, Tom, and Eli did a great job with the online service, it reminded me once again how much I value worshipping together in person. I miss seeing everyone, I miss hearing everyone sing, I miss the corporate nature of corporate worship, and quite frankly, I ...