A Willing Offering

On the Lord’s Day morning, believers gather with one simple, steady purpose: to remember the Lord Jesus Christ. The breaking of bread and the sharing of the cup are not empty motions meant to earn God’s approval. They are a joyful confession that Christ has died for our sins, that His work is finished, and that because He has redeemed us, we belong to Him.

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Barabbas Walked Free

Barabbas was guilty and condemned, and yet he walked out free, not because he had earned it, but because Jesus took his place. In that moment, the innocent One was bound so the guilty one could go. A man who deserved judgment stepped back into the crowd while the Lord Jesus was led away to the cross.

That scene is more than history. It’s a picture of every sinner who is saved.

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Pilgrim's Progress Journal: Chapter 15 - Christian Meets with Faithful

After lonely stretches and personal battles, Christian is given a gift that often arrives at just the right time: a fellow pilgrim to walk beside.

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Pilgrim's Progress Journal: Chapter 14 - The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Not every trial comes by open conflict. Some come by darkness, confusion, and the slow grind of fear that whispers when you can’t see what’s ahead.

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Pilgrim's Progress Journal: Chapter 13 - Battle with Apollyon

After the comfort of the Palace Beautiful, Christian is not sent into an easier stretch of road. He is sent into a place where pride is stripped away, and where the battle becomes personal.

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God at Work Through Our Failures

Every so often a line from a film sticks in my mind longer than I expect.

In the movie Jesus Revolution, there’s a moment where one character says something along the lines of: “Don’t be so arrogant to think God can’t work through your failures.” It’s a simple sentence, but it’s been echoing around my head for a while now.

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Tapes, Hard Drives, and Hanging On

It feels like the gap between posts has become the rule instead of the exception. I keep telling myself I’ll “write something soon,” and then a few more weeks quietly go by while life chugs on in the background.

Still, even in the quiet, a lot has been happening, just not always the kind of thing that looks exciting on paper.

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Sussex, Static, and Small Steps Forward

The first weekend of February took me off the Island again, this time to Sussex for their winter weekend, and then straight back into the growing pile of projects that seem determined to follow me home wherever I go.

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Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 12 - The Palace Beautiful

Having passed safely between the lions, Christian comes to a place of rest, refreshment, and fellowship prepared especially for pilgrims: the Palace Beautiful.

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Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 11 - Timorous and Mistrust

Having recovered his scroll and pressed on up the hill, Christian now meets another test, not of strength this time, but of courage.

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