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Newsletter — April 28, 2024 April 28th, 2024

You’ve probably heard it said that “every Sunday is Easter,” or “Every Sunday is Resurrection Sunday,” usually to stress the ongoing blessing of Easter, so as not to limit it to one day a year. And they are correct, of course, because each week we eat the Lord’s Supper and we are …

Newsletter — April 21, 2024 April 21st, 2024

The Athanasius Presbytery Spring meeting was held last Monday and Tuesday in Birmingham at Trinity Presbyterian Church. Spring meetings are more focused on fellowship amongst the pastors, elders, and mission church planting staff (pastors, elders, or laymen putting together a church plant …

Newsletter — April 14, 2024 April 14th, 2024

We are now in that 40 day period between the resurrection of Jesus and his ascension to the throne. Ever wonder why “40 days” and not 99 or 23 or 77? Well, you know the answer. Think biblically; not American-ly. How many days did it rain, testing Noah and family while they …

Newsletter — April 7, 2024 April 7th, 2024

“Where is Jesus?” Reflecting further upon the resurrection in Mark 16:1-8, who is notably absent? Jesus. In Matthew, Luke, and John’s accounts, each of them records Jesus making some form of appearance, whether to the women (Matt. 28:9), the disciples later (Luke 24:13–49 …

Newsletter — March 31, 2024 March 31st, 2024

It’s Easter! It’s Resurrection Sunday! Has Moses come to mind this morning? He hasn’t? Well, he should! As a pre-figure/type of Jesus, we can learn a lot about what Jesus accomplished in his death and resurrection by looking at Moses. After all, Moses died the night of Passover …

Newsletter — March 24, 2024 March 24th, 2024

The book of Lamentations is the book for Lent. Not just for the people in Jeremiah’s day to reflect on their sins that landed them in famine, plague, destruction, and exile, but also for the church today. The church today, and individuals in the church, often place false hope and …

Newsletter — March 17, 2024 March 17th, 2024

What is the theme of God’s story in the Bible, and of human history? Maturity. The story starts in Genesis with the creation of man. The first man, the first Adam, was immature. There’s nothing particularly wrong with being immature. Everyone starts off in need of training and knowledge …

Newsletter — March 10, 2024 March 10th, 2024

In John 13, Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, and then encourages them to do the same to one another. What are we to make of that? Foot washing does occur in other places in the scriptures. Abraham washes the feet of his three visitors in Genesis 18, Lot offers the same to the …

Newsletter — March 3, 2024 March 3rd, 2024

Let’s face it; the bumper sticker is correct: Life is Good. We live in a stable society, we get paid regularly, the electricity is always on, and we can count on life being pretty consistent. Yes, some have illnesses and people get sick and don’t recover, but Life is Good.

Newsletter — February 25, 2024 February 25th, 2024

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. But let steadfastness have its maturing effect, that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. — James 1:2–4

Newsletter — February 18, 2024 February 18th, 2024

This past Wednesday, the ashes of remembrance shaped in the sign of the cross on our foreheads, provided a reminder of the dust to which we are destined to return. This is not a morbid, introspective self-examination, but a realistic call to face the reality of our condition. And in so …

Newsletter — February 11, 2024 February 11th, 2024

Pastor Josh Anderson of Colleyville, Texas has an interesting point about the practice of Lent: In the Scriptures, there is often a temptation to understand piety before God as fundamentally about “giving up something” or fasting. But ultimately, defining piety as …