In this episode Pastor Raef digs into politics by considering what the Bible has to say about politics. We look at five different approaches that Christians throughout the ages have taken to politics ...  Read More

Once upon a time, not too long ago, you would be hard pressed to find a Christian who wondered what the answer to this question was. Love for one’s own nation was a Christian duty, rooted deeply in ri...  Read More

In this episode Pastor Raef looks at the life of David Brainerd, an early American missionary to the Native Americans. By studying his life together, not only will we get a wonderful picture of a life...  Read More

This post is actually the final concluding section of a lengthier paper I recently wrote on the book of Isaiah. The title of that paper was How Creation & Eschatology Form an Integrated Worldview in I...  Read More

Over the course of a Christian’s life, they will engage with hundreds, if not thousands, of sermons. For many, the expectation of a Sunday is that the preacher will include something novel in their ex...  Read More

By the grace of God I have been able to serve as a Pastor/Elder of our Church for 10 years. I pray, the Lord may grant me many more decades of service in this role. In this role I have also been able ...  Read More

A common question I receive from both members and visitors to our Church is whether or not Christians are supposed to keep a Sabbath one day a week. Recently, I preached on the theme of the Sabbath ou...  Read More

We find ourselves as Christians living in a modern secular age. Just as Judah, in the Old Testament, was forced to live as exiles in Babylon, so are we as Christians in the West forced to live in a so...  Read More

Reformed Experiential Preaching was a common method of preaching among the Puritans as well as later Reformed preachers beyond the Puritan era. The target of the experiential sermon is the entire of l...  Read More

The Enneagram is a popular tool used by many individuals, as well as corporations, to sort people into various personality profiles. There was a season where it was not uncommon to be in a conversatio...  Read More

Recently in Christian headlines there has been a controversy concerning one of modern protestantism’s great teachers, Alistair Begg. Begg has been under fire for comments he made when answering a gran...  Read More

To pray, and to know one is heard by God, is a wondrous event. To pray is to be ushered into the very presence of God where Christ Himself is seated, and delights in our petitions. To pray is to grasp...  Read More