Beloved Kinney,Perhaps you’re noticing a pattern over these last few “Word from the Pastor.” We’re talking about prayer. Last week, we talked about how prayer is our response to God’s initiating word ...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,In last week’s “Word from the Pastor,” I defined prayer as: Our word-response to God’sinitiating word that expresses our faith-filled dependence on him, as his redeemed children.Let’s p...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,Prayer is a struggle for many of us. We’re busy. Our minds wander. We pray the same thingsover and over. Sometimes we don’t know what to pray. Sometimes we don’t know how to pray.And ye...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,For yesterday’s Bible reading in the plan on our church app, I read Psalm 55. Over the years, I’ve gone to this Psalm when I’ve felt tempted towards “escapism”—the desire to escape from...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,I recently read a book called Redemption Song by Sean Demars. (It will be a book giveawaysoon!) In chapter 3, entitled “Sing Together,” Demars argues that the reason we sing together is...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,I was so blessed by the principle from Genesis 25 that, just as Isaac received the full inheritance from his father, we too, by virtue of our union with Christ, share in his inheritance...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,Have you ever considered why God gave us sight? Sure, we need our eyes to work well forpractical reasons, like, not walking into a wall. But do we have physical sight only to avoidbumpi...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,As we’ve been working through Genesis, and even as we heard a complementary sermon this past Sunday from Hebrews 11, we have, as a church, been talking a lot about heaven. We can never ...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,As we’ve worked through Genesis, we’ve come across the theme of heaven a lot. This isbecause the land promised to Abraham and his offspring is ultimately fulfilled in the NewCreation.I’...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,I just finished a very helpful book called Prioritizing Missions in the Church. It hasbecome a lost concept in our day that the church is both the means and the end ofmissions. To say t...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,God wants all glory in salvation. When we take credit for any percentage ofour salvation, we’re robbing God of what is rightfully his! And we arerobbing ourselves of the fullness of joy...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,This past Sunday we reflected on the difference between being a child of covenant grace and being a child of common grace. If you remember, I described common grace as “any good we expe...  Read More