Idolatry
Running the Race in a Time of Covid-19 (Hebrews 12:1-2)
Episode 22: Hope for the Future
“So when the stay-at-home order begins to lift and you get to fill your calendar with events and get togethers. Be excited and savor those events, don’t take them for granted, but don’t stop there. Let your earthly joy propel your heart to the eternal joy that waits for us in heaven. The reason why […]
A Gospel That Governs (1 Peter 2:13-17)
Key Idea: We display our ultimate submission to God and our distinction as Christians through our submission to earthly authorities.
Episode 21: Hope During Change
“How much time are you spending on God’s Word each day? One encouragement would be to spend more time with the Lord, to think about His character and what He’s given us in Christ. Let’s hold fast to the gospel and not only preach it to ourselves, but truly meditate on what it means for […]
Episode 20: Fear Not
“A verse that I have clung to recently is Isaiah 55:9. It says, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. This is something that has brought me great peace. God himself is speaking and is describing the contrast between […]
Reflections on “Doing Fine” During COVID-19
Lighthouse’s last normal youth group was just over a month ago. By that time, COVID-19 had been in the headlines for a couple months, but increasingly so as the number of U.S. cases rose. There were slight concerns of things getting worse, but a global pandemic seemed more like a distant dystopia than a pending […]
Episode 19: Hope in Christ Over the World
“The antidote to worldly hopes that competes and seeks to distract our hearts from Christ – is to focus on Him more. That our thoughts and minds would preeminently think about Christ. To reflect on who Christ is and who you are as recipients of His saving grace. To do this with greater intensity and […]
Humility Before God and the Peaceable Life (James 3:13-4:12)
Recommended Resources: April 13, 2020
Book Recommendation from a Pastor “A Praying Life” by Paul Miller Recommendation by Pastor Wayne COVID-19 has been a wake-up call to the world that we are not at all in control of our lives. With each passing day, we are left wondering when and how life will return to “normal” and when this pandemic […]