Sermons
Why Should Christians Live with Confidence?
In the fall of 1959, two men sat across a chessboard. One was Vasily Smyslov, former World Champion—calm, precise, a technical master. The other was Mikhail Tal, a 22-year-old Latvian genius nicknamed The Magician, famous for moves that left onlookers speechless. Smyslov—ever the pragmatist—opened with the well-worn Caro–Kann Defence. Tal followed the script for a... Read More →
What Does it Mean to be Sealed by the Holy Spirit?
I want to begin with the story of Anastasia. She was born to an unremarkable family in the Czech Republic. Eastern Europe has a proud heritage of musical excellence, and her mother—Nadia—had played a little violin as a girl. So, on Anastasia’s eighth birthday, she handed her daughter a small wooden case. By nine, Anastasia... Read More →
What is my Inheritance as a Christian?
There’s an old story about a small kingdom perched high on a mountain—though “mountain” may be generous. It was really a hill, just high enough to lift its people above the valley below. From that height they could see every road and river that ran through the farmland spread beneath them. The mountain folk lived... Read More →