On Bully Pulpits and Bully Pews – Emmanuel Baptist Church
Spiritual abuse is real, but it's certainly not the only issue involving authority in many churches today.
Chris Hutchison
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What Is a Church? – Emmanuel Baptist Church
What is a church? How might we answer that question? Where should we start? We could start with the word itself. In the New Testament, the word “church” is translated from the Greek word ekklēsia. An old idea that still gets passed around today is that ekklēsia means “called out ones,” given that ek means
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Good News for 2023: It’s Not About You – Emmanuel Baptist Church
Whatever stories 2023 will tell, they are all ultimately about Christ.
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Sin is Incompatible with the Christian Life – Emmanuel Baptist Church
I recently had a conversation with someone in which we were talking about sin. A particular, habitual sin. They made a comment to the effect that “this sin is incompatible with ministry.” In other words, if someone wanted to be a pastor or a missionary, they couldn’t be involved with this specific sin. My response,
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A Proverbs Series Update – Emmanuel Baptist Church
As I’m sure you’re aware, our current Sunday morning sermon series is taking us through Proverbs 10-31. Given the unique structure of these chapters, instead of preaching through them verse-by-verse (like we'd usually do), we’ve collected together the various proverbs that address a particular theme. Each week we’re taking up one of those themes, and
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Was Timothy a Failure? – Emmanuel Baptist Church
Here in North America we hear a lot of advice for how pastors can grow their ministries; perhaps we need to talk more about how to simply stay in ministry in the first place.
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Why Be a Small Group Member? – Emmanuel Baptist Church
In a recent newsletter, Tony Payne shared the following reflections in small group membership. I highly encourage you to read! ...rather than asking how to be a better small group member, let’s start with why... Does God have a why for us to join a small group? He does as it turns out. The reason God gathers us together in
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Hang On and Let God – Emmanuel Baptist Church
You’ve probably heard the phrase “let go and let God.” Variously applied, the idea seems to be that God can work best when we're out of the way. If we want to see His power in action, we need to stop “striving” and let Him work. There are probably situations where such an approach is
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Thinking About My Hometown – Emmanuel Baptist Church
Sunday’s sermon passage instructed us to "flee youthful passions" (2 Timothy 2:22). As we reflected on those words, we considered how even desires for a good thing can turn into harmful passions when those desires get unhitched from trust in and obedience to the Lord. Commenting on this, I said, Let me give one more
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“It Was Finished Upon That Cross” – Emmanuel Baptist Church
We'll be singing a new song together on Sunday—here's a chance to get familiar with it ahead of time!
