Archives for October 2019

Unlike my wife,Alex, I am not prone to nostalgia. However, she knows that our roles reverse periodically. On Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, times of long-standing traditions in my family growing up, she expects the mild bouts of melancholy that regularly arrive. Why? Likely homesickness.Home. We long to get home after long trips or busy days at work. Our childhood ho...

Click here to view this week's Order of Worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 22 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Ruth 2, The Wings of Refuge. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezekiel 4...

As we come to that time of year when we ask the congregation to nominate elder and deacon candidates, I thought it would be helpful to remind you of a few things. The PCA understands that the right to nominate ruling elders and deacons is in the hands of the members of the church. It's an important function you perform when you nominate men to serve in these offices. Those...

Click here to view this week's Order of Worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 21 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Ruth 1:622, Prodigal Daughters. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezekie...

It hangs above my mantle. I see it every time I leave my house or enter my living room. I need to see it. I need to be reminded. The word is seared into the old barn woodtetelestai.The full reality of this Greek word can't be expressed in the English language. What Christ announced in his final breaths has everlasting implications for mankind. We read it in the English, "i...

Click here forthis week's order of worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 20 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Ruth 1:15, Fleeing Famine. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezekiel 39:1729,...

My father is a repetitive man. He owns the dad jokes. He loves to tell the same jokes over and over, and his enthusiasm does not wane with each repetition. He laughs at each joke as if it's the first time it has ever been told. He has other repetitive statements that we love to poke fun at him for. "Son, be careful on this road, it is a speed trap." This particular stateme...

Click here forthis week's order of worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 19 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Revelation 22:621, Trustworthy and True. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ez...

Those who know me wellknow that my memory is a fickle thing.Ask my wife what transpires in the secondsprior to placing our order at a drive through.All the orders of the family are clearly stated in the car, and as soonas I arrive at the the squawk box to place the order, all I can manage is a blank stare. In one moment, I forget every orderand can barely remember what it ...

Click hereforthis week's order of worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 18:3750 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Revelation 22:15, Welcome Home. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezekiel...