The Blog
Pastoral writing on faith, doubt, culture, and everyday life with Jesus, from the pastors and leaders of Christchurch Miami.
Sermon Blog When You're Afraid Your Faith Isn't Strong Enough
Afraid your faith isn't strong enough to hold on to God? Genesis 7 says the LORD shut Noah in. You were never the one holding the door. He is.
Sermon Blog Safe in the Ark: Who Really Shut the Door
James Drake on Genesis 7. The whole gospel hides in five words: the LORD shut him in. Noah didn't save himself, and neither do you. Christ is the ark.
Holidays Halloween
Halloween carries two histories — a Christian one (All Saints' Eve) and a pagan one (Samhain) — never fully separated. Here's the real origin, and how to mark the night with faith instead of fear.
History Top Ten Ways the Reformation Changed the World
Sola Scriptura was the "time bomb" that set off the Protestant Reformation. Here are ten ways it reshaped education, science, government, and the world you live in today.
Sermon Blog When You're Doing Everything Right and It's Not Working
You're doing everything right and it's not working. James Drake on Genesis 6 and Noah: we aren't called to be successful. We're called to be faithful.
Sermon Blog Faith in a Corrupt World: Genesis 6 and the Grace of Noah
James Drake on Genesis 6, the darkest chapter in Foundations. In a world where every thought was only evil, Noah found grace he never earned.
Sermon Blog Doing a Lot for God but Don't Feel Close to Him?
James Drake put his finger on something in Genesis 5: you can spend your whole life doing things for God and still not feel close to Him. Genesis points somewhere better.
Sermon Blog Leaving a Legacy: Genesis 5 and the Life That Actually Counts
Genesis 5 is the chapter everyone skips, until you meet Enoch. A life isn't measured by the miles you walk, but by who you walk with.
History Christopher Columbus: Great Man or Monster?
Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day? Kent Keller on the explorer's real record: his voyages, his cruelty, his faith and his sense of calling. A great man, and a greatly flawed one.
Apologetics The Lindsay Clancy Saga: Victims, Villains, and Virtue-signaling
Three children are dead and their mother killed them. Kent Keller on what Christians should make of the Lindsay Clancy case — sin, mental illness, justice and grace, all of them real at once.
Sermon Blog Why Am I So Angry at Someone Who Didn't Do Anything to Me?
Kent Keller put his finger on it in Genesis 4: Cain burned at a brother who'd done nothing wrong. If you're angry at someone who didn't do anything to you, that's worth a second look.
Sermon Blog When Everything Fell Apart: Grace Came Right Behind It
Genesis 3 is the day everything fell apart. Kent Keller walks through three questions from the Fall, and the grace God announced in the same breath as the curse.