From the Desk of Pastor Nick

Beloved, Have you ever had an off morning? Here is a sketch of my ideal morning: up at 4:25am, piping hot French Press, write for an hour, commune with God through the word and prayer, do a brutal work out,…

Beloved, Arguably, there is nothing we do that is more important than public worship. Every other vocation will pass away, but our vocation as priests of God will continue forever. One day our hearts will be perfected, enabling us to…

Beloved, Last week I shared some insights from a sermon preached by Jeremiah Burrough’s titled “The Importance of Preparing for Worship.” In it he impresses upon us the great necessity of heart preparation for public worship and sets before us what…

Beloved, In my morning devotions I’ve been working my way through an old Puritan book by Jeremiah Burroughs titled Gospel Worship: Worship Worthy of God. It is a three-hundred page exposition of God’s words in Leviticus 10:3: “Among those who…

Beloved, This week and the next, I plan to share with you four videos addressing some questions you might be having regarding our upcoming day of prayer and fasting. I encourage you to watch the videos and prayerfully consider participating…

Beloved, As a pastor, I’m used to finding myself in awkward situations, but I still get uncomfortable at times! This morning I had the privilege of speaking to the staff of Choices (our local pregnancy resource center). I had originally…

Beloved, Tomorrow marks the first day of September, and if all goes as planned, we will finish our sermon series on knowing God before the month is through. As we wrap up this series, I want to flesh out a…

Beloved, In the last two sermons on Matthew 7:1-12, I have sought to demonstrate the unity of Christ’s teaching as He calls us to deal with sin before our Father’s throne of judgment (vv. 1-6) and to pray before our…

Beloved, As I was sitting and listening to J.G. and Noah share during the Sunday school hour, I was freshly struck by how kind God has been in hearing and answering prayer. What were their testimonies but the fruit of…

Beloved, Thank you again for generously providing me with two weeks of study break every year! It is a tremendous gift to have undistracted time to devote to seeking God and working on projects that I otherwise might not get…

Beloved, Last Sunday evening, we looked at our Lord’s final contrast between hypocritical religion and sincere religion in Matthew 6:16-18. It brought us to a somewhat uncomfortable subject: fasting. Looking at the biblical data, we defined fasting as a voluntary abstaining…

Beloved, I had intended to grade a licensure exam and to do some reading for sermon prep, but my mind and heart were racing. Tessa was in surgery, and I had no idea what the outcome would be. Prior to leaving…