Sunday, I encouraged our church to focus on fasting. My central proposition was that one of the ways we should respond to horrific evil in the world is to fervently pray for global missions. One of the greatest resources ever…
Focus on Fasting
One of the ways God’s people should respond to grave injustice in the world is to fast and pray for the gospel message to go out to all nations. A number of our flock responded to my sermon on Matthew…
Scripture Passages to Help You Pray
If you struggle knowing what to pray, or how to pray, one of the best practices is to prayerfully (Psalm 119:18) read biblical passages/prayers and then pray a current version of them. The Bible is full of passages that will…
Pray the Lord’s Prayer, Don’t Chant It!
In our series at the Red Brick Church on the Sermon on the Mount, one of our central emphases has been to pray rather than chant the Lord’s Prayer. It is of no value to mindlessly recite the Lord’s prayer.…
Why?
In the context of life’s most difficult moments, we want to know “why?” We might at as well ask to to pluck the planet Mars from the heavens between our thumb and forefinger and flatten it between our hands like…
Chandler Interacts With Difficult Pro-Abortion Arguments
What do pro-life advocates say in response to those who say abortion should be allowed in the first trimester or difficult situations? Matt Chandler speaks to this and other difficult questions.
Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount vs Trump’s Sermon in the Media
Jesus’s message in the Sermon on the Mount, “Happy are the hurting,” is the opposite of Trump’s stump speech. Christ is, of course, eternally right. Donald Trump is having the time of his life proclaiming the gospel of this world:…
Reflections on the Road During Our Time of Grief
In our sermon this morning, I used “The Road” to picture the journey God’s people are making which will one day end in the Heavenly City. (You will be able to listen to the sermon online soon). So “The Road”…
Images for the Broken-Hearted in Stillman Valley
As we mourn the loss of one of the young people in our community, and the loss of a man from s surrounding community, tomorrow at the Red Brick Church (9/6/15 at 9:00 AM), Pastor Chris Brauns will preach on…
Do you ever hum, “What’s Forever For?”
We hum some songs across decades. It is worth asking why they strike a chord. When I was a freshman high school (think late 70’s), England Dan and John Ford Coley recorded a song written by Rafe Van Hoy, “What’s…