Hold Up The Book

In John 17:1-5, Jesus begins offering a long prayer to God on the night of his betrayal and crucifixion. He begins the whole thing with a prayer that God's splendor and glory will shine through him, and for those who have the faith to see it, that's exactly what happened.

This Throwback Thursday message covers some basic, empowering reminders about evangelism: 1) That it's a responsibility for all Christians—not just those employed as ministers. 2) That it's something we can all contribute to, just by the ways that we handle ourselves in our church assemblies. 3) That it works! This is part of Northside's 2022 preachings theme from Phil. 4:13, "...

Here's the sermon that inspired the podcast's title — four lessons from the people's behavior when they gathered to hear Ezra read from the God's law. Their behavior serves as an example for groups of God's people everywhere in how we think about and approach the Bible when we are assembled together. There are also a few reminders here for preachers about how we prepare se...

Someone asked me, "In 10 years of preaching, what have you learned that you think is the most important message for God's people?" This is what I came up with. It's a reminder that our beliefs about God—our theology —is the most important element of how we hold to our faith. If individuals and churches are going to hold fast to our convictions, then we'd better make sure t...

In this short message for communion, we talk about when God passed over the Israelites' homes during the 10th plague on Egypt, about the feast that God gave them to commemorate that event, and about the profound connections between that episode from Hebrew history and the crucifixion of Jesus. 

After a two-year break from ministry, this is my first message as I'm stepping back into full-time preaching. In this message, we explore the enormous, world-shaping concepts that are preloaded into the apostle Paul's words from Ephesians 3:20-21. " Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glo...