Sunday worship As we’ve done the last few years, we began our Easter Sunday at Grace with a hymn sing and breakfast. When the sun rises close to 5 a.m., as it does now in Wasilla, a sunrise Easter service isn’t very practical. But we still began the day with praise for our risen Savior. At the morning service I…

Sunday worship Ironically, the week that ended with the betrayal, arrest, trial, crucifixion, and burial of Jesus began with a triumph – the “triumphal entry” of our Lord into the city of Jerusalem at which time he was praised by the crowds who hailed him as the Son of David, the promised Christ (Matthew 21:9). The “city of the…

Sunday worship Justification has been called “the sum of all piety” (John Calvin) and “the article by which the church stands or falls” (Martin Luther). It was my privilege on Sunday morning to preach on this crucial biblical doctrine, as part of my ongoing series of sermons on the order of salvation. Justification is at…