As I sit here writing this note on my back porch in the early morning cool of Autumn the COVID numbers are ticking up again and things are slowly beginning to shut down. All Saints is anticipating a move back into the school, which we are pleased will allow us to keep meeting on Sunday mornings, but which presents the possibility of being "homeless" again if the school nee...
Keep ReadingFinally Middle Tennessee is getting some cool weather as we officially pass into Autumn. Autumn is absolutely my favorite time of year. I love the cool weather and the beautiful colors. Some of my favorite childhood memories of annual rituals are associated with Autumn and into the Advent season, when Autumn officially ends. Watching Charlie Brown Specials and bundling up ...
Keep ReadingOne of the principles of worship I mentioned last week is the dialogical principleworship is a dialogue between God and his people. We see this in the worship described in Exodus 1924, for example. Appropriately, the dialogue begins with God calling his people to worship and only then do his people respond.This principle has two practical impacts on our worship. First, our...
Keep ReadingLast week, we considered the biblical understanding we are to have when faced with trials of any kind. In his sovereignty, God allows his people to experience suffering, and he intends it for our good. He is like a master at the potter's wheel who shapes and works the clay until it is formed according to his intended purpose. He removes the debris that weakens the vessel a...
Keep ReadingCOVID-19 NOTE:Our adult Sunday school classes and worship services will be live streamed each Sunday until we are able to meet in person. Join the live stream at 9am for Sunday school, and our worship service will begin on the same live stream at 10am. We will consider Psalm 36:1-12 in Sunday school this week. The following links will enable you to join us for Sunday scho...
Keep ReadingClick 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.Our Sunday School text for this Sunday will be Psalm 35, and our sermon text will be Matthew 5:1720, The Will of God. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezra 7, and ou...
Keep ReadingUnlike 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...
Keep ReadingClick 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...
Keep ReadingClick 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,...
Keep ReadingClick 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...
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