September 30, 2018   Good morning. If you have your Bible, turn to Psalm 50. Over the past few months, we’ve been studying the book of Hebrews. As you know, this letter was written to a group of discouraged Jewish Christians. Apparently, many of these news believers had decided to go back to an Old […]

September 24, 2017   If you have your Bible, turn to Psalm 46. When Scott returns next week, he is going to lead us in five-week series on the theology of the Protestant Reformation. I know we’re so close to finishing our study on the gospel of Mark, but the month of October is an […]

May 14, 2017   My wife and I are coming up on our 5th anniversary at ABF. But in many ways, it feels like we’ve been here for four years. Allow me to explain. We moved to Boone in August of 2012. I started work on a Tuesday and students moved into town that Friday. […]

May 7, 2017   One of my friends told me a story this week about a family that lost their Charleston home in a fire. Everyone made it safely out into the front yard, but to the shock of the entire family, the mom ran back in the burning house. She needed to grab one […]

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March 5, 2017   I’ve often heard it said that Christians must hold the Bible in one hand, and the newspaper in the other. The quote was attributed to Karl Barth, but has been widely used over the years. I think the advice is solid – though we should probably update it a bit and […]

  February 14, 2016   Acts chapter 4 records the first prayer meeting in the church’s history. We know that the church gathered to pray every day, but in chapter 4, we finally get a glimpse into one of these incredible meetings. Let me set the stage. Peter and John had just been released from […]