"Tribulation was never meant to evoke futuristic panic or dystopian dread—it’s the historical reality of God’s justice, where suffering leads to deliverance and Christ’s Kingdom advances unshaken."

Most Christians are familiar with how the Church is referred to as a body and temple but overlook the fact that Scripture also likens the Church to an army. Yet God’s people have always been characterized by war, so this analogy has implications beyond personal holiness and spiritual warfare.

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to steal, and all of what that means

Jesus didn’t give His disciples a casual prophecy. His words hit them like thunder: wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, and famines—all signs they would experience with their own eyes, ears, and trembling hearts. He was shaking them awake, warning them of a future that would upend everything they knew, a future they would live to see

In his condemnation of false teachers, Peter surprisingly calls Lot righteous.  Anyone familiar with the story of Lot would be right to wonder how Lot could be called righteous.  We will see the basis of Lot’s righteousness, which displays the Gospel and gives us all reason for hope.

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to guard our eyes.

The destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 was not just the end of an era; it was the severing of the old covenant, the final 'divorce' of a harlot bride. And yet, in that moment of devastation, the Church stood, cradled in the hands of the Holy Spirit, ready to grow and become the radiant bride Christ would one day return for.

The Reformation was a crescendo, a climactic moment of theological pressure that finally exploded in the 16th century at Luther’s rediscovery of Justification by Faith Alone.

Last time, we discussed the seriousness of pornography using the example of Elkanah.  Porn use counteracts any affection and praise he might give, so it must be fought with all vengeance.  Now, we will define a strategy for those who struggle with porn and those around them. 

The manifest testimony of Scripture and history is that the first century Christians faced a proliferation of false messiahs and anti christs, who were the architects of the bloody uprisings, rebellions, and insurrections, which ultimately provoked Rome into all-out war. Jesus, in His perfection and wisdom, not only called it, but He accurately prophesied the very engine that God would use to fuel the Roman’s battering rams: The rise of false messiahs.

Pornography has become so ubiquitous that after decades of trying to fight it, many people and churches have simply accepted it, denying or downplaying its destructive effects on individuals, marriages, families, churches, and society.  We need to get serious about fighting against this great evil.

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to not ignore the blessing of the Sabbath.

The destruction of Jerusalem wasn’t just a historical event—it was a divine judgment against an apostate nation, marking the end of the Old Covenant and the dawn of Christ’s New Covenant Kingdom.

In this new series, we are talking about what makes TSC distinct and what are our Biblical values as a Church. In this twelfth article, we explore how our high culture and festive approach to life is the most Biblical, joyful, and robust way of living.

The Hebrews 11 “hall of faith” only mentions Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus. Of all that could be said of Joseph, we may wonder why the Holy Spirit inspired this, but we will discover that this statement unveils a pattern that is key to understanding the hall of faith.

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to not take His name in vain.

Instead of approaching Revelation from the deluded posture of the futurists, we will see how this book is not a psychedelic vision of our twenty-first century present, but a visionary depiction of the end of the Old Covenant that occurred nearly two thousand years ago in Jerusalem’s past.

After the conquest of Canaan, Joshua tells Israel to choose God or idols, saying that his household would serve God, so he was exhorting Israel as families not individuals.  Worship, whether of God or idols, begins at home…and there are many American “Christian” households that have chosen the wrong gods. 

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to make no images of God, and how that relates to distractions in worship.

The people you surround yourself with will either elevate you or drag you down into the muck with them. Just like one rotten apple can turn the whole bunch to mush, the company you keep will reveal your true character.