Fall is underway at GBC with the start of our series: “Stay Out!” yesterday, and the incremental launch of groups and ministries starting this very week! Simultaneously, as the months roll on, Welcome Aboard class after Welcome Aboard class, sees a handful of people each month sign on to be…

In the history of our great nation the Church has often romanticized and sanitized the narrative of our country’s founding, making it seem as though our beginning was one of a homogenous and harmonious process involving mostly Christians, resulting in a “Christian” nation; often ignoring factious elements of early America and schisms that even “infected” the periods of both Great Awakenings. — The reality is that what led our forefather’s to move from loyal subjects, to dissenting objectors, to active revolutionaries — resulting in the birth of the. “American experiment”, as it has been called — was far more complex and messy than we often admit.

As we round out LIFE Month this week, I want to wrestle with the question, “How do I love the person in my life for whom Pride or an LGBTQ identity defines them, or at least has defined their June?” Simple question, complex answer. It actually begs several other questions: …

Who holds the authority in my life when it comes to identity formation? We talked last week about the “expulsive power of a new affection”, meant to speak of the love of a believer when he or she comes to know and understand all that God has done for them…

We touched briefly on this in our study of Galatians 5 recently. In our culture, June is “Pride” month. The messaging is often aggressive; intentionally offensive, provocative. But, there is a movement growing, I don’t know where it originated, to recast June as LIFE Month. I really like that. Let’s…

Human beings have a longing for the supernatural. Just note the success of the Marvel Universe series of movies and the popularity of TV shows on witchcraft and the paranormal. There is, wired into us, a longing for both heroes and events/experiences that transcend this world. In the realm of…

On False Teaching: Dear Beloved Family of Groton Bible Chapel, What follows is long, longer than usual. Please take a few minutes and read when you can read the entirety, for it is most-needed, and it is my heart, the heart of the leadership of our church, for you -for…

I’ve both watched and thought a lot this week about how the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal has sparked a flurry of discussion in all spheres of society, and of course have ignited a firestorm of spirited (to try to say it nicely) discussion on social media. Over the last two years…

There is so much that we have learned as a people over the last year, since George Floyd was killed. There have been so many really important conversations. Personally, I have listened and learned more from my black friends, hearing their stories and personal experiences, than I had ever before…