Timberlake Christian School

Jesus is the Great Physician. He loves us, and He knows exactly what our anxious souls need. // In the eighth part of our "Sermon on the Mount" series, we directed our attention to a really big issue in the world today: anxiety. In this passage, Jesus describes the problem, gives us a diagnosis of the underlying root of the issue, and prescribes for us good medicine to align our thinking...

For our third Biblical Worldview Panel Discussion of the year, we did something a little different - we invited a group of students to form our panel! Following an introduction from Mr. Hunter out of Galatians 1:10, these students helped us think through how we can develop a culture at TCS wherein our students point each other to things that matter. [I apologize for the poor audio quality on this...

What is your response to the Bible? Be honest. Have you gotten bored of God's Word? // For this year's 'Spirit Chapel' (a special chapel service in the middle of our annual 'Spirit Week'), we turned our attention to 2 Chronicles 34 and the story of King Josiah, and we observed Josiah's actions when a book was found in the temple. [ Click here to view the video referenced at the beginning of the me...

"You sum up the whole of New Testament teaching in a single phrase, if you speak of it as a revelation of the Fatherhood of the holy Creator." - J. I. Packer* // In our last message from the Sermon on the Mount before Christmas break, we dove into a part of the sermon commonly known as "The Lord's Prayer." We learned that Jesus is not only showing us how to pray in this passage - He is giving us a...

I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship." Have you ever considered that idea critically? That is to say - is "religion" really a bad thing? // In this next section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explains what the religious activity of the citizens of His kingdom must be like, and, in so doing, Jesus shows us what the real danger is: hypocrisy.

We held our second Biblical Worldview Panel Discussion of the year on the day after the 2024 presidential election - as you can imagine, there was a lot to talk about. For this special secondary chapel, we brought in three guests (Pastor Clay Mackie, Fred Heppding, & Ryan Vohringer) to help our students think through all that is going on in our government from a biblical perspective. [I apolog...

How do followers of Jesus relate to the Old Testament? Do the laws and commandments of the Old Testament really matter for us today? // In this very important part of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus clarifies the relationship of His kingdom to the Old Testament, which leads to an explanation of the standard required to get into Jesus' kingdom: nothing less than absolute perfection.

How are Christians supposed to interact with the world around us? What is our function as followers of Jesus in this fallen world? // In Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus explains the relationship between the citizens of His already-not-yet kingdom and the world: we are to be salt and light . In the third message of our 2024-2025 chapel series, we broke down these two word pictures from Jesus and drew out pr...

What sort of person should we aspire to be? Or, to put it another way, what sort of person is "blessed?" // In this second message of our 2024-2025 chapel series, we walked through Jesus' answer to this question in His description of the citizens of His kingdom at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. And to put it frankly, this passage - the Beatitudes - paints a radically different picture t...

The Sermon on the Mount a radical passage! Simply put, this is Jesus' "kingdom manifesto." // In the first message of our 2024-2025 secondary chapel series on Matthew 5-7, our campus pastor, Jacob Hunter, introduced the main idea of this sermon from Jesus, read through the entirety of the passage, and shared three guiding principles for our study this year.

In our first secondary chapel of the 2024-2025 school year, our school administrator, Dr. Jeff Abbett, gave an opening charge to the students. Mr. Abbett took time to introduce himself and his vision for our school, and he challenged our students to overcome the low expectations that modern society so often places upon them.

We hope this year's Summer Family Podcast series has been a blessing to your family! In this final episode, Dr. Mark Hager of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timberlake Biblical Counseling & Training Center ⁠⁠⁠⁠ helps us stay focused on the ultimate goal of parenting: to give our children the truth about who Jesus is and what He has done for sinners. And so, this episode is all about a super important and often...

Preteens, teens, and young adults - oh my! In episode four of our Summer Family Podcast series, Dr. Mark Hager of the ⁠⁠⁠ Timberlake Biblical Counseling & Training Center ⁠⁠⁠ shared crucial wisdom and encouragement for parenting in the often-misunderstood teenage years. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: ⁠ The Self-Confrontation Manual by John Broger The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges

The third episode of our Summer Family Podcast series picks up where we left off in episode two by discussing what biblical parenting looks like with kids aged 7-13. Dr. Mark Hager of the ⁠⁠ Timberlake Biblical Counseling & Training Center ⁠⁠ joined us again to talk about how we can shepherd our children well through these crucial transitional years. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: The Heart of Anger b...

In episode two of our Summer Family Podcast series, Jacob (a dad of young children himself) asked Dr. Mark Hager of the ⁠ Timberlake Biblical Counseling & Training Center ⁠ about parenting kids in the 0-5 age range . In response, Dr. Hager gave sound, biblical wisdom on structure, authority, discipline, and the vital importance of this first stage of parenting. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: Shepherdi...

Our Summer Family Podcast series is back!! This year, we're excited to be joined by Dr. Mark Hager of the Timberlake Biblical Counseling & Training Center to talk about parenting from a biblical worldview . In this first episode, Dr. Hager shared some of his story, what our biblical counseling center does, and some foundational thoughts on what a biblical view of parenting entails.

Our last secondary chapel of the 2023-2024 school year was packed! Alongside a game, worship, sports updates, and a mission trip scholarship recognition, Mr. Abbett gave a year-end charge on guarding your heart from Proverbs 4:23, and Mr. Hunter gave the final message of our "Foundations" series from Genesis 3:20-24.

For our last Biblical Worldview Panel Discussion of the 2023-2024 school year, renowned apologist and historian Dr. Gary Habermas joined us to discuss the overwhelming amount of historical evidence for the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. This discussion proved to be extremely helpful in light of the recent emphasis on Genesis 3:15 in our chapel series and on the heels of our recent Middle Sch...

Right after the Fall of mankind, God gave an incredible, unbelievably gracious promise: a "Seed" would come from the woman who would bruise the head of the serpent. In this next-to-last message of our 2023-2024 chapel series, we unpacked Genesis 3:15 before setting out on a journey through the story of the Old Testament to see how this promise unfolded in God's plan.

We were honored to be joined by Pastor Brandon Read for the eleventh part of our Foundations series from Genesis 1-3. Pastor Brandon exposited Genesis 3:14-19 to teach us about the curse that God put on all creation because of sin, and, along the way, Brandon reminded us of many of the vital truths we have learned about in secondary chapel this year.

Have you ever wondered, "Why is the world around us so broken and wicked?" Well, Genesis 3 gives us the answer. In this chapel message, we began our dive into this monumental chapter of Scripture by tracing the narrative account of the Fall of mankind in the garden.

In our 2023-2024 chapel series, we have arrived at Genesis 3, and, suddenly, a new character appears: "the serpent." We set out in this chapel message to understand what the Bible teaches us about this adversary and the hope we have for his ultimate demise through the power of Jesus Christ.

In God's providence, secondary chapel happened to fall on Valentine's Day just after we examined the institution of marriage in Genesis 2. Accordingly, our school administrator, Jeff Abbett, along with his wife Jane, gave a special chapel message on a biblical view of love, what believers should look for in a future spouse, and how to cultivate a marriage that lasts.

We are back at it in Genesis 1-3 for the Spring 2024 semester! This week, we analyzed the story of the creation of woman in Genesis 2:18-25 and discovered five biblical principles for our lives about manhood, womanhood, and the way men and women are to relate to one another.

In honor of Spirit Week, we had a special chapel service on Wednesday, 01/10/2024, wherein Mr. Hunter shared a challenge to the student body and secondary faculty from Philippians 1:18b-26.