the purpose of this blog post is to direct people to the Stone Pillar Podcast episodes in which we learn about God's gracious work in and through His people...
helpful questions for Christians going through trials...
a midweek thought about the Lord's abundant grace to His people...
a midweek thought about how the Ten Commandments teach us the way of love...
Here is an excerpt from "Who Belongs to Jesus?" This excerpt calls attention to a defining characteristic of those who truly belong to Jesus....
An excerpt from the sermon "The Joy of the Gospel: An Exposition of Mark 2:18-22." This excerpt calls attention to the joyous truth that feasting, not fasting, is the fitting response to the Lord's saving presence with us. ...
An excerpt from the sermon "Who Can Forgive Your Sins?" This excerpt highlights the truth that the forgiveness of sins is of greater importance than material blessings....
An excerpt from "The Call To Follow Jesus: An Exposition of Mark 1:16-20." This excerpt calls attention to the lesson that following Jesus involves going where He goes....
An excerpt from "The Gospel Begins: An Exposition of Mark 1:1-15." This excerpt highlights the significance of Jesus passing the test of temptation in the wilderness....
An excerpt from "Running The Race Together Part 6...
An excerpt from "Snapshots of a Healthy Church Part 2: An Exposition of 1 Timothy 5:1-16." This excerpt highlights how the gospel motivates us to provide for others and also how such providing is closely related to our work....
An excerpt from the sermon "Snapshots of a Healthy Church Part 1." This excerpt highlights the evangelistic effectiveness of the early church in Acts 2:41-47....
An excerpt from "Running The Race Together Part 5...
An excerpt from "Running The Race Together Part 2–Key Qualities of a Faithful Exhorter." This excerpt offers a description of the character of a good exhorter....
An excerpt from "Running The Race Together Part 1." This excerpt focuses on the instruction from Hebrews 3:13 that mutual exhortation is a preventative measure designed to help brothers and sisters avoid catastrophic spiritual failure....
An excerpt from "Indwelt By The Triune God." This excerpt highlights the key truth that having a close relationship with the Triune God is what Christianity is all about....
An excerpt from "The Spirit of Life: An Exposition of John 7:37-39." This excerpt focuses on the spiritual water that Jesus offers to the spiritually thirsty....
An exposition of the tenth commandment....
An excerpt from "Grace in a World of Woe: An Exposition of Psalm 90." This excerpt cals attention to the Lord's compassion for His people....
A midweek lesson on the ninth commandment....
An excerpt from "God Is Our Fortress in the Midst of a Turbulent World." This excerpt focuses on the greatness of the city of God....
A midweek lesson on the eighth commandment....
A midweek lesson on the seventh commandment....
An excerpt from the sermon "What True Conversion Looks Like: An Exposition of Luke 23:39-43." This excerpt focuses on the truth that true conversion involves trusting Christ....
An excerpt from the sermon "Abiding in the Benediction." This excerpt highlights the fact that Christ's grace is the basis of Paul's confidence for ongoing fruit in and through the Philippian congregation....
An excerpt from the sermon "The Shadow of Death and the Promise of Life." This excerpt focuses on how God's sovereign plan was to achieve salvation through the death of Christ....
Two excerpts from the sermon "Greeting The Saints: A Practice That Must Not Be Neglected." These excerpts focus on how we must first see our fellow Christians as saints before we can greet them as such. ...
An excerpt from the sermon "The Victory of Christ." This excerpt focuses on the glorious salvation that Christ achieved, through His suffering, for His people....
An excerpt from the sermon "To Our Great God Belongs Eternal Glory." This excerpt focuses on the wonderful truth that our God, in His fatherly relation to us, is worthy of eternal glory....
A midweek lesson on the fifth of the Ten Commandments....
An excerpt from the sermon "Living in the Goodness of God's Provision." This excerpt highlights the wonderful truth that God has invested all of His vast wealth in Christ; and out of this vast wealth in Christ, our heavenly Father meets our needs....
An excerpt from the sermon "Three Features of Gospel Partnership." This excerpt highlights the teaching of Philippians 4:18 that showing love to our gospel partners is God-glorifying worship....
A midweek lesson on the fourth of the Ten Commandments (Part 1 of 2)....
An excerpt from the sermon "Living in the Goodness of God's Peace Part 5." This excerpt focuses on how Paul's teaching about contentment in Philippians 4:11-13 applies both to difficult circumstances and to favorable circumstances....
An excerpt from the sermon "Living in the Goodness of God's Peace Part 4." This excerpt focuses on the importance of practicing what we have learned....
A midweek lesson about how to faithfully read the Old Testament....
An excerpt from the sermon "Living in the Goodness of God's Peace Part 3." This excerpt helps us to understand that our thinking is to be integrated with our affections and will as one inward reality....
An excerpt from the sermon "Living in the Good of God's Peace Part 2." This excerpt helps us to see the relationship between joy and faith....
An excerpt from the sermon "Living in the Goodness of God's Peace Part 1." This excerpt focuses on how agreeing on the most important things breaks the power of our disagreement over less important things....
An excerpt from the sermon "Standing Firm in the Lord...
An excerpt from the sermon "Standing Firm in the Lord...
A midweek lesson about the profound truth that God saves His people....
An excerpt from the sermon "Living as an Embassy of Love in a Foreign Land." This excerpt points out that Christian love doesn't flow upstream from the behavior of others, but downstream from the cross....
A midweek lesson that helps us understand that God relates to His people through the covenantal realities that He establishes....
An excerpt from the sermon "The Gospel-Shaped Life: Together in Deep Spiritual Unity." This excerpt summarizes the unified perspectives that Christians share....
A midweek lesson about the profound truth that God speaks to His people....
An excerpt from the sermon "Are You Resting in the Sovereign King?" This excerpt applies the lessons of Luke 8 to the individual hearer....
An excerpt from the sermon "Kingdoms in Conflict." This excerpt highlights the generosity of King Jesus and the gracious salvation that He brings by giving Himself for His people....
A midweek lesson about the powerful working of God's Word in God's people....
An excerpt from the sermon "Jesus Grows Into Manhood." This excerpt presents the side-by-side reality of the twelve-year-old Jesus submitting to His heavenly Father and, at the same time, submitting to His earthly parents....
A midweek lesson on doxology (i.e., praising God) as the point of Christmas. The lesson is drawn from a short tour through Luke 1-2 and Matthew 2....
An excerpt from the sermon "The Birth of John." This excerpt sheds light on the meaning of repentance....
An excerpt from the sermon "Hope in the Lord!" This excerpt encourages us to rest in God's promise instead of being restless on account of adverse circumstances....
An excerpt from the sermon "Behold The Everlasting Light!" This excerpt points us to the real problem (sin) and the real answer (Christ and His cross)....
An excerpt from the sermon "Following Christ on the Path of Suffering." This excerpt calls upon husbands to become like Christ in His suffering and death (Philippians 3:10)....
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 3:4-9...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 3:1-3...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 3:1a...
Pastor Brian recap his sermon on Philippians 2:25-30...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:19-24...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:14-18...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:14-16...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:12-13 (Part 4)...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:12-13 (Part 2)...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:12-13 (Part 2)...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:12-13 (Part 1)...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:9-11 (Part 1)...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:3-5 (Part 2)...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon entitled "A Call To Prayer"...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Nahum 1:1-8...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:3-5 (Part 1)...
Pastor Brian commends two worthwhile events taking place on Thursday, May 3, 2018....
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:6-11...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 2:1-2...
Pastor Brian recaps his sermon on Philippians 1:27-30...
BUILDING HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD "The man is the head of the house, while the woman is the heart of the house."[1] Introduction If you think that 21st American society is flourishing in moral beauty, cultural wholesomeness, and political wisdom, then you might consider setting aside this article that has somehow come to your attention. You and I are worlds apart...
Keep Reading THE WORK OF A WOMAN The purpose of this reflection is to consider the sphere of work that God has assigned to women. What is written here should be regarded as an important supplement to our study of God's design for women in the April 3 sermon ("God's Design for Manhood and WomanhoodPart 3"). It would have been fitting and helpful to say these things in that sermon, but ...
Keep Reading a follow-up letter sent to the congregation after the three "God's Design for Manhood and Womanhood" sermons...
Keep Reading
