Dear Church Family,   In our sermon this past Sunday from Ephesians 2:8-10, “Gratitude: Walking in Good Works,” we noted that the Apostle Paul speaks of “works” (or deeds) in two very different ways. In verses 8-9, he declares that we are saved by grace through faith, “not as a result of works.” Then, in verse 10, he also declares that we are created in Christ Jesus “for good works,” which God has prepared beforehand so that we should walk in them. So, the question is: how ca

Dear Church Family,   In the past two weeks, I shared the first two of three in a series of articles written by Carl Trueman regarding the importance and benefits of confessionalism. In the first article, “ I Confess (Part I) ” Trueman argued that confessions stabilize and regulate the public teaching of the church. The emphasis of that article was to say that disciplined confessionalism regulates and informs the preaching and teaching of her officers. In the second article,

Dear Church Family,   Last week, I shared with you the first of three in a series of articles written by Carl Trueman regarding the importance and benefits of confessionalism, “ I Confess (Part I) .” In that first article, Trueman argued that confessions stabilize and regulate the public teaching of the church. The emphasis of that article was to say that disciplined confessionalism regulates and informs the preaching and teaching of her officers.   Confessions and Christian