In September 2017, when Jess and I first visited Lassen Volcanic National Park, we challenged ourselves to climbing the menacing volcano Mount Lassen and trekking out to the remote Chaos Crags. The next summer, we felt we had earned a…
In this week’s section of Psalm 119, we’ll encounter the wonderful reality that God’s Word gives us freedom, but what is freedom according to God’s perspective. I think John Piper offers us a helpful and biblically informed definition of this…
Our Scripture this week begins with this prayer in Psalm 119:25: “My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your Word!” The timing of this passage has come at an intriguing moment in our nation. I realize many…
“Jesus, at thy command, I launch into the deep, and leave my native land, where sin lulls all asleep; For thee I fein would all resign, And sail to heav’n with thee and thine. What though the seas are broad,…
Ever notice that when your cup of happiness is full, somebody always jogs your elbow? That is funny but true at times. But the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit that our early American forefathers called us to. “Life, liberty…
Merry Christmas Church! Every Christmas, since I came to faith in Christ Jesus some 36 years ago right here at Granite Hills Baptist Church, I am so blessed to know the true meaning of Christmas. The meaning that through all…
Presents, cookies, icicle lights, eggnog, Christmas songs, parties, snowballs fights, hot cocoa… These are just a few of the many wonderful things we get to enjoy during the Christmas season, and they’re all good things. However, they also have the…
In February 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team slipped its foot into a glass slipper and walked away with a gold medal at Lake Placid, New York. Those collegians had shocked the world by upsetting the powerful Soviet team, and…
Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth;Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. Micah 5:2 Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall —Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the…