I love a good Hallmark movie (can I even call them good?). I love the innocence, the formulaic outcomes, and the perfect towns where everything all works out in the end for the main characters. Really, though, I just love happy endings. In fact, I am less inclined to watch something if I think it […]
WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER? by Adam Miller
Read: Psalm 73 I was twenty-one. I had taken a year off between my sophomore and junior year of college to serve on a ministry team. It was a singing group. We traveled throughout the United States calling people to commit their lives into Christian service. But there was a problem: I wasn’t sure I […]
A Report on the Definitions Conference: Train Up A Child
On Saturday, May 14, 2022, we partnered with a local Christian School on Cape Cod, Trinity Christian Academy, to host a Definitions Conference based on Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” It was the first warm day of […]
Abraham’s Steps of Faith by Adam Miller
The children in our church love to sing the song, “Father Abraham.” They like it because of all of the silly motions. It’s like a Christian version of the “Hokey Pokey.” I like it because it teaches a crucial doctrine: we are the offspring of Abraham, not by direct physical lineage, but as heirs of […]
Train Up A Child Conference Sessions Now Online
Our Definitions Train Up A Child Conference was amazing. We had a packed house and great speakers. If you missed the conference it’s not too late. The audio from all the sessions is now available on our website. Just click the link below. The video from the sessions will also be posted soon if you […]
Train Up A Child by Adam Miller
Read: Proverbs 22:6; Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 ESV When I was in middle school and I started studying the Bible for myself, I remember getting excited about the Book of Proverbs. I developed […]
Sunday, April 17, 2022 The Resurrection of the Servant King
Read: Mark 16:1-8 Mark tells us that Mary Magdalene, another Mary, and Salome were present at the crucifixion of Jesus and that the two Marys had witnessed where Jesus was buried. Now that the Sabbath had passed and they were free to move about again, these ladies decided to go to the tomb in order […]
Saturday, April 16, 2022 The Promise of the Servant King
Read: Mark 8:31-38; 9:30-32; 10:32-34 Imagine how the disciples must have felt on the morning after Jesus was buried. Their minds would have been racing to make sense of the surprising events of the previous 24 hours. They had gone from sleeping in the garden, to scattering in the night, and ended up hiding indoors, […]
Friday, April 15, 2022 The Crucifixion of the Servant King
Read: Mark 15:16-47 Throughout Mark’s narrative of the Holy Week of Jesus, he has given us markers for each day to help us understand the time and place, but now, as we approach the end, Mark shows us what is happening by the hour, giving us even more of an opportunity to orient ourselves to […]
Thursday, April 14, 2022 The Cup of Suffering for the Servant King
Read: Mark 14:12-15:15 Interestingly, Mark doesn’t give us any of Jesus’ activities during the daylight hours on Wednesday or Thursday. We only see what is happening at night. Perhaps Jesus continued the same line of teaching in the temple, drawing crowds and infuriating the religious leaders in the process. Or, perhaps He’s resting in preparation […]
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 The Proper Worship of the Servant King
Read: Mark 14:1-11 There is an interesting lesson here in Mark’s account of the night before Jesus was betrayed. We get to see a contrast of true worship against utter betrayal. He is using a literary technique, highlighting the central story by bookending it with the unfolding narrative of the Pharisees seeking to arrest Jesus. […]
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 The Just Judgment of the Servant King
Read: Mark 12:1-12 Have you ever been listening to a sermon and thought, “I wish so-and-so could hear this?” I’ll be honest, I’ve even preached a sermon or two with particular individuals in mind. It’s easy to examine the faults of others, especially if they are irritating to us. Our own faults, however, are just […]