“We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure time, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instruction from books which afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your Lord and Master’s service. Paul cries, ‘Bring the books’ — join in the cry.”
– Charles Spurgeon
With this in mind, we welcome you to our resources page! Here, you will find helpful book reviews and articles varying in topics from theology, Christian living, and more. The content you will find here is humbly given by faithful church members and staff who have a heart to disciple, challenge, and grow with those around them. If there is a topic you are interested in studying more about or you need further resources, please use our contact form, and we will respond as quickly as we are able.
Recent Articles
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Dying To Self, In The New Year
– 3min read As the Christmas season has come to an end, I can’t help but reflect on the things I’ll miss most until next year. One of them is our Christmas tree. Every year, we pick out a real tree to put in our home. Some years it’s scraggly and misshapen, other years it’s…
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The Sacrificial Shepherd
– 5 min read Introduction As our church begins the process of electing and confirming a new elder, I am pondering what it means to be a good pastor. This is hardly something I know anything about on a personal level, but something I am seeking to better understand for my own sake and the…
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Impossible To Renew
– 12 min read Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of teaching about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. 3 And this…
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Christ, The Greater Samson
– 6 min read Introduction When considering the types of Christ in the Old Testament, one needs to study all of its offices and roles that Christ fulfills. The office of judge is overlooked by most when considering the offices of the Messiah. Christ not only fulfills the office of prophet, priest, and king, but…
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The God Who Cannot Change
– 17 min read Introduction God is not becoming; He is. The great hymn, “I Hear the Words of Love,” sings of a most beautiful truth in the fourth verse: “My love is oft-times low; my joy still ebbs and flows; but peace with Him remains the same; no change Jehovah knows.”[1] The hymn writer,…
Recent Book Reviews
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The Son Who Learned Obedience by Glenn Butner Jr.
– 4min Read What is a proper understanding of the Trinity, specifically the nature of the relationship between the Father and the Son? In 2016, there was an explosion of debate over this in the online atmosphere. What we all discovered is that evangelicalism as a whole has been abandoning classical theism. This is due…
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The Battle for the Keys by Justin Bass
– 2min Read When Jesus died, did He descend into Hell? Or, did He descend into Hades? Is there a difference between Hell and Hades? What does Ephesians 4:8-10 teach exactly? These are questions that Christians are currently wrestling with. I say “currently” because as Justin Bass points out in this book, for almost all…
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Nehemiah: A Pastoral and Exegetical Commentary by T. J. Betts
Betts, T. J. Nehemiah: A Pastoral & Exegetical Commentary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020. Introduction The story of Nehemiah returning and rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem is one of the greatest leadership stories one could find in the Old Testament. Though Moses may be the most appreciated figure in the Old Testament, the closer one…