I think it’s common—and it’s common because it’s natural—to think that when we sin and we’ve done something wrong, that we incur guilt and that God’s not pleased with us. We have a conscience. God made us that way. We have minds informed by the Word of God and we know who God is. We […]
How Real Christian Change Happens by Timothy Keller
How do we change and grow as Christians? In the same way we became Christians. That’s why in Galatians 3:1-3, Paul reminds the Galatian Christians how it was that they came to Christ. And in essence, “Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified” (v. 1). This portrayal was achieved through preaching, through “what you heard” […]
Many Voices, One Message: A Consideration of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians by Adam Miller
Read: Galatians I’ve spent the last eleven years contemplating the motto of our ministry, “Many Voices, One Message.” I’ve considered it not only as a slogan, but as a vision and mission statement as well. It clarifies my objective to articulate the gospel every day, and I use it as a rallying call to invite […]
Cultivating Holy Anger by Adam Miller
Read: Psalm 83 When I was in college, I had a roommate who enjoyed listening to angry rock music. After he had become a Christian, he sought out an alternative Christian version of the same genre. Believe it or not, there is such a thing. Imagine listening to the lyrics from “Amazing Grace” sung with […]
NOT A TIDY RESOLUTION: HOW THE PSALMS HELP US LIVE WITH THE TENSION OF LIFE by Courtney Reissig
I love a good Hallmark movie (can I even call them good?). I love the innocence, the formulaic outcomes, and the perfect towns where everything all works out in the end for the main characters. Really, though, I just love happy endings. In fact, I am less inclined to watch something if I think it […]
WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER? by Adam Miller
Read: Psalm 73 I was twenty-one. I had taken a year off between my sophomore and junior year of college to serve on a ministry team. It was a singing group. We traveled throughout the United States calling people to commit their lives into Christian service. But there was a problem: I wasn’t sure I […]
A Report on the Definitions Conference: Train Up A Child
On Saturday, May 14, 2022, we partnered with a local Christian School on Cape Cod, Trinity Christian Academy, to host a Definitions Conference based on Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” It was the first warm day of […]
Abraham’s Steps of Faith by Adam Miller
The children in our church love to sing the song, “Father Abraham.” They like it because of all of the silly motions. It’s like a Christian version of the “Hokey Pokey.” I like it because it teaches a crucial doctrine: we are the offspring of Abraham, not by direct physical lineage, but as heirs of […]
Train Up A Child Conference Sessions Now Online
Our Definitions Train Up A Child Conference was amazing. We had a packed house and great speakers. If you missed the conference it’s not too late. The audio from all the sessions is now available on our website. Just click the link below. The video from the sessions will also be posted soon if you […]
Train Up A Child by Adam Miller
Read: Proverbs 22:6; Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 ESV When I was in middle school and I started studying the Bible for myself, I remember getting excited about the Book of Proverbs. I developed […]
Sunday, April 17, 2022 The Resurrection of the Servant King
Read: Mark 16:1-8 Mark tells us that Mary Magdalene, another Mary, and Salome were present at the crucifixion of Jesus and that the two Marys had witnessed where Jesus was buried. Now that the Sabbath had passed and they were free to move about again, these ladies decided to go to the tomb in order […]
Saturday, April 16, 2022 The Promise of the Servant King
Read: Mark 8:31-38; 9:30-32; 10:32-34 Imagine how the disciples must have felt on the morning after Jesus was buried. Their minds would have been racing to make sense of the surprising events of the previous 24 hours. They had gone from sleeping in the garden, to scattering in the night, and ended up hiding indoors, […]