Return of the God HypothesisBy Stephen C.Meyer1. Would you Recommend this Book?Absolutely! This is one of the best books I’ve ever read.2. What is the Main Point?Meyer’s main point is that scientific discoveries in various fields over the past hundred yearshave made a theistic worldview the most reasonable explanation of the universe that we nowknow. Meyer quotes Richard Dawkins throughout, saying...  Read More

9 Marks of a Healthy ChurchBy Mark Dever1. Would you Recommend this Book?I think every Christian should read this book.2. What is the Main Point?Dever is actually just laying out simple biblical ecclesiology, what the church is clearly supposedto be in the Bible. This book is in many ways a response to what modern evangelicalism hasbecome, consumer driven and always looking for novelty; Dever call...  Read More

Ordinaryby Michael Horton1. Would you Recommend this Book?I would recommend this book ss strongly as I can recommend any book; I believe this is theonly book that I have read 4 times. This book has had a major impact on my life.2. What is the Main Point?If you look at the cover, you may notice it looks a lot like David Platt’s book “Radical;” this wasintentional. “Radical” had an outsized impact o...  Read More

The Case for the Resurrection of Jesusby Gary Habermas and Mike Licona 1. Would you Recommend this Book?Absolutely, no book outside of the Bible has given me more confidence in the historicity of the Christian story.2. What is the Main Point?Habermas and Licona here outline there now very well-known “Minimal Facts Approach” to the resurrection of Jesus. Though elsewhere they convincingly defend 12...  Read More

Everyone who believes that the Bible is true believes in predestination and election (which just means choice).Ephesians 1:4-5, 11"Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will . . . having been predestined according ...  Read More

The term “Reformed Baptist” is a way of defining our theology and our practice, both being rooted in the ancient tradition of the church and standing in the faith once for all delivered to the saints. The meaning behind these terms are first found in the doctrine of Scripture and then further explained and clarified throughout the history of the church through historic confessions and theological ...  Read More

Does God care “how” we worship him? Modern church culture has spent the last fifty years telling us that God is only concerned “that” we worship him and the “how” is irrelevant. We believe Scripture, as well as church history, teaches otherwise. Certainly, there are cultural considerations that display the beauty of the diverse body of Christ across all nations and languages but the standard, moti...  Read More

What does this title even mean? It means that we will not have multiple services, even if we outgrow our space (outside of extenuating circumstances which may require it temporarily).It is often said, "You don’t go to church, you are the church;” while we understand what is meant by this and can agree in part, it isn’t technically true and we believe it to be modernly unhelpful. The Greek word tra...  Read More

The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread - 1 Corinthians 10:16–17Whereas baptism acts as the New Covenant sign of initiation, communion acts as the ongoing covenant sign of belonging. In t...  Read More

“So, I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you.” - 1 Peter 5:1-3Elder Led Congregationalism is the church authority structure that derives from the Bible’s clear teaching of two truths: Each church is to be led by multiple elders (pastor/she...  Read More

"And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts" – Ac 2:46Immediately after the first clear gospel sermon is preached at Pentecost, Luke gives us a little cameo into what this new spirit filled church looks like: radical community. People didn’t get their salvation and then just leave off as individual Christi...  Read More

"I will give you the keys of the kingdom, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven." – Matt 16:19The Bible assumes meaningful, local church membership. There are no Christians in the Bible who are converted and then just wander around following Jesus alone, they are immediately connected to a physical local body of believers as ...  Read More