Dear Lord, thank you for giving me the strength and the conviction to complete the task you entrusted to me. Thank you for guiding me straight and true through the many obstacles in my path. And for keeping me resolute when all around seemed lost. Thank you for your protection and your many signs along…

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. – Johann Sebastian Bach In 1747, Frederick the Great, the king of Prussia, patron of Enlightenment rationalism, and military strongman, invited Johann Sebastian Bach, now an old man three years from his death, for an audience. Frederick thought…

When we see that the whole sum of our salvation, and every single part of it, are comprehended in Christ, we must beware of deriving even the minutes portion of it from any other quarter. – John Calvin in Chapter 16 of Institutes of the Christian Religion During a time when everything seems to be…

For the longest time I have been hesitant to revisit a show I invested 6 seasons in, over almost 6 years of my life. Hesitant because I just knew it wouldn’t live up to the bromance I had with it almost 10 years ago now. And now, thanks to the coronavirus, I am introducing it…

You and I are “they.” We are the “they” we were always warned about. The they who absorb both spiritual insights and pop minutia. The demographic who has memorized the names of the 12 tribes of Israel, as well as the six Brady children. We know the measurements of the tabernacle, and all the lyrics to We Didn’t…

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. – Ephesians 2:8–9 Redemption Hill Music is excited to release its latest album, No Other Work. It includes 6 original songs and…

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe – Hebrews 12:28 This Sunday, we will be introducing a new song to our gathering, Build My Life by Brett Younker, Karl Martin, Kirby Kable, Pat Barrett, and Matt…

Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place. “And now arise, O LORD God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your…

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” – Revelation 5:12 This Sunday, we will be introducing a new song to our gathering, Is He Worthy by Andrew Peterson and Ben Shive, featured on the album Resurrection Letters, Volume 1. Based…

This post has been a long time coming. Almost 9 years now this May. So why write it now? In part, because we are STILL talking about it, and in part because Robert chose to make it part of his sermon intro this past Sunday. What am I talking about? The series finale of Lost….