Christ Church (Moscow, ID)

Preacher: Ben Zornes.Discontentment makes the turkey dry, the gravy bland, and the pies dull. Worse yet, it makes the fellowship frigid, the conversation barbed, and the relationships strained. Contentment, on the other hand, can make a meager meal a feast, it can make enemies into friends, it can turn hardships into joys. It does this because it is rooted in the fact that God is on the throne.

Preacher: Douglas WilsonThe world of men, with their wars, and their politics, and their elections, and their controversies, is a turbulent sea. The disciples of the Lord were once in the boat with Him under challenging conditions, but it took them a while to learn what kind of authority the Lord Jesus actually has in the affairs of men. Even from within a vulnerable boat, He speaks to the wind and the waves, and they obey Him. If He can speak this way to the waters, how much more can he speak to the nations, who are, like Reuben, as unstable as water (Gen. 49:4)?

Preacher: Aaron Ventura.Text: Deuteronomy 21:1–9

Preacher: Douglas Wilson.This psalm contains a marked contrast between the eyes of faith, which look to the Lord, the God of heaven, and the blind eyes of insolent unbelief, which see nothing as they ought to. Unbelief and pride are the chains that anchor the soul to this earth, such that the entire globe becomes the great ball in their ball and chain. From this benighted position, they heap abuse on the faithful, who feel it acutely.

Preacher: Ben ZornesThe solution to all our various authority anarchy is to first acknowledge Christ’s authority over all things.

Preacher: Toby SumpterGod sent His own Son into the world in the fullness of time, and that means the time was exactly right for the mission. Everything had been leading up to that moment, according to God’s perfect plan. Not one thing was out of place. Every blessing, every calamity, every gift, every heartbreak, every detail made that moment pregnant for God to redeem the world.But that perfect timing was not a one-off event. We serve the God who rules every time and every season...

Preacher: Matt MeyerWe need to remember that we are debtors that have been, and daily are, forgiven much.

The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at https://www.graceagenda.com/donate to help cover conference costs.

Preacher: Douglas WilsonThis psalm is not exactly a pilgrimage psalm, but is more like a psalm that anticipates great rejoicing upon arriving at the destination of the pilgrimage. “Our feet shall stand within thy gates . . .” (v. 2). Whether or not the pilgrimage has already occurred, the focus of the psalm is on arrival.

Preacher: Toby SumpterThe Reformation was all about the kindness of God. In the midst of massive human failure, the good news of Jesus is that God has made a plan to have mercy on the world and save the human race. The law of God shuts every mouth in guilt and shame, but the kindness of God makes every mouth gape open with astonishment.