Beloved Kinney, Last week, I provided 30 possible manifestations of the fear of man. If you weren't convicted, then you might need to grow in greater self-awareness OR think of other ways your fear o...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, We all struggle, in varying ways and to varying degrees, with what the Bible calls "the fear of man". Put simply, we care too much about what people think of us......  Read More

Beloved Kinney, Do you know what "apologetics" is? It's a fancy word that means to "give a defense." When we speak of apologetics as it pertains to the Christian faith, we mean that we are using argu...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, I recently came across a penetrating rhetorical question asked by Carl Henry, founder of Christianity Today, when he was asked about how he remains humble. Here's what he said, "How c...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,As we are working through this sermon series called Common Lies of Our Age, this pastSunday we tackled a lie that contains some truth: “God wants me to be happy.” That’sonly true when w...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,Several weeks ago, I was reading from our Bible reading plan on our church app, andwas struck by these words from Psalm 112:6-9:“For the righteous will never be moved; he will be rememb...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,This is the last post on our series on prayer. Here’s the working definition of prayer I’veprovided: Prayer is our word-response to God’s initiating word that expresses our faith-filled...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,Here’s the working definition of prayer I’ve provided: Prayer is our word-response to God’sinitiating word that expresses our faith-filled dependence on him, as his redeemed children.We...  Read More

What does it mean to say that we must pray as redeemed children of God? It means we pray because God is our Father. God is no longer our judge. We do not speak to him as one who condemns us. We speak ...  Read More

Beloved Kinney,As you know, I’ve been doing a blog series on prayer. A few weeks ago, I provided a working definition of prayer. Here’s what I said: Prayer is our word-response to God’s initiating wor...  Read More

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