Posts from May 2026

Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

As promised, this blog post will focus on some nuances I didn’t have time to address on Sunday.  Sunday’s sermon was on Matthew 5:31-37 about divorce and vows.   Please know that what’s challenging about a Sunday sermon is that you cannot cover EVERYTHING that the Bible says about a particular issue.  That was the case on Sunday.  The…

Convicting and Encouraging

Luis Castellanos did a wonderful job teaching us on Sunday from Matthew 5:21-30.  I said after the sermon that it was the best sermon on Law and Grace and exposing the heart that I had heard.  That wasn’t hyperbole.  It was that good.   That sermon had the unique effect of being convicting and encouraging.  That’s what sermons are supposed…

Interacting with Culture

It’s been a busy few weeks, and I haven’t been able to post in a while.  But I’ve been storing up a few things that will add to what we’ve taught at church for the last few weeks.   How do we interact with culture: On the last Sunday of April, I spoke on Matthew 5:13-16 on…