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Bible
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Hospitality
John
Joshua
IsaiahThe Lord's Table
Marriage
Matthew
1 Peter
Philemon
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Proverbs
Psalms
Spiritual Disciplines
Thanksgiving Holiday
Theology
1 Thessalonians
Worship
- Abortion: The Witness of the Church throughout History | January 19, 2018 | David Schrock
- Exposing the Allies of Abortion | January 20, 2017 | David Schrock
- Partnering for the Sanctity of Human Life | January 17, 2019 | Ben Purves
- Rescue Those Who Are Being Taken Away: Remembering What Is At Stake in the Abortion Debate| Jan. 10th, 2020 | David Schrock
Bible
- A Mid-Year Check-Up | July 12, 2019 | Ben Purves
- How Do I Feed On God’s Word? | July 13, 2018 | David Schrock
- Nine Recommendations and Priorities for Bible Reading in 2019 | December 28, 2018 | Ben Purves
- Read and Pray Together in 2019 | December 14, 2018 | Ben Purves
- Read the Bible with us in 2020 | December 20, 2019 | Matt Wood with David Schrock
- Reading and Inhabiting the Drama of Scripture | May 12, 2017 | David Schrock
- Word-Centered Examination Leads to Spirit- Filled Assurance | December 31, 2015 | David Schrock
Books & Book Reviews
- Books Borrow, Bridge, and Build Up | April 27, 2018 | Lori Bridges
- The Final Days of Jesus: A 40 Day Reading Guide | February 25, 2017 | David Schrock
- Life Together | March 14, 2019 | Ben Purves
- Life Together: A Short Review | October 8, 2015 | David Schrock
- Recommended Reading: Books on Prayer | November 13, 2015 | David Schrock
- Recommended Reading: Church Membership by Jonathan Leeman | November 5, 2015 | Ben Purves
- Rhythms of Grace: Three Reflections on Worship | December 13, 2019 | Matt Wood with David Schrock
- Sharing Books | October 20, 2017 | Lori Bridges
- Summer Reading: Five Books That Will Help You Read the Bible Better | May 30, 2018 | David Schrock
- Take up and Read: Ten (or more) Recommended Authors for Women | October 18, 2018 | Lori Bridges
- What Good is a Book Club? | September 6, 2017 | Isa Fillinger
- Why Read Brave New World | March 1, 2019 | Lori Bridges & David Schrock
Christmas
- Celebrating and Proclaiming Christ at Christmastime | November 29, 2017 | Ben Purves
- Celebrating and Sharing the Light of the World | November 29, 2018 | Ben Purves
- Joy to the World | December 23, 2015 | Ben Purves
- Peace to End All Wars: What Christ’s Birth Has Done and Will Do | December 23, 2016 | David Schrock
- What Kind of News is “God with Us”? | December 11, 2015 | David Schrock
- Can I Get A Witness?!? Why Gospel-Centered Churches Need Faithful Deacons | April 5, 2019 | David Schrock
- Embracing God’s Family | December 9, 2014 | Ben Purves
- Everybody Deacon Now: The Call for all Christians to Serve in the Church | May 17, 2019 | David Schrock
- Finding Rest in the Merry-Thon | December 12, 2017 | David Schrock
- Getting the Church Back Together, or Why One Assembly Matters in Scripture and Practice | May 14, 2021 | David Schrock
- Learning to See the Beauty of a Gospel- Centered Church | January 28, 2017 | David Schrock
- Love Disciplines: Answering Five Objections to Church Discipline | July 30, 2016 | David Schrock
- Reframing "Membership" in the Church | February 26, 2016 | David Schrock
- Seeking the Kingdom of God within the Church of Jesus Christ | September 18, 2020 | David Schrock
- The Grace of Fellowship | April 14, 2020 | Ben Purves
- The Life-Changing Gospel in God's Local Church | February 12, 2016 | David Schrock
- Where Do Elders Come From? | March 22, 2019 | David Schrock
Church History
- A Reformation Day Meditation: The Law, the Gospel, and Martin Luther | October 28, 2016 | David Schrock
- The Divine Warrior Wrapped in Swaddling Clothes | December 22, 2017 | David Schrock
- Learning from the Past to Be Faithful in the Present: Four Reasons Why Church History Matters | June 14, 2019 | David Schrock
- Saint Patrick: Separating Missionary Fact From Fictitious Malarkey | March 17, 2017 | David Schrock
- What is the Protestant Reformation? | September 15, 2017 | David Schrock
Conferences
- No Other Gospel: Reflections from The Gospel Coalition | April 11, 2017 | David Schrock
- Fire in the Soul: A Few Reflections from Together for the Gospel 2018 | April 20, 2018 | David Schrock
- Living Scripture | October 26, 2018 | Rod Fillinger
- Recapping Occoquan Bible Church's EQUIP Conference | October 14, 2016 | David Schrock
1 CorinthiansCounseling
Covid-19 Resources
- The Grace of Fellowship | May 6, 2020 | Jared Bridges
- Save the Date: When, Why, and How We are Going Outside | May 2, 2021 | David Schrock
Daniel
Deuteronomy
Discipleship
- ‘Cardiac Discipleship’: Five Ways to Pursue the Heart in Spiritual Formation | January 14, 2017 | David Schrock
- “Disciples Make Disciples”: A Vital Truth That Needs Further Elaboration | July 6, 2018 | David Schrock
- The Disciple-Making Church: Teaching Disciples to Obey All Christ Has Said about the Church | October 21, 2016 | David Schrock
- Discipleship 101: What is a Disciple? | March 12, 2016 | David Schrock
- Discipleship 101: Who Makes Disciples? | April 22, 2016 | David Schrock
- Discipleship in the Digital Age | April 21, 2017 | David Schrock
- Disciple Your Children by Serving Together | June 21, 2019 | Ben Purves
- For Disciples and Disciplers . . . A Short Biblical Survey of Beauty | November 1, 2019 | David Schrock
- Glorifying God with Our Technology: Four Questions to Ask | May 26, 2017 | David Schrock
- Scripture Readings for Holy Week | March 28, 2018 | Ben Purves
- Looking at the Old Testament on Good Friday | March 25, 2016 | David Schrock
- Seven Good Words: The Work Jesus Did on the Cross | April 3, 2018 | David Schrock
- The Resurrection Changes Everything | April 19, 2019 | David Schrock
- This Is The Day That the Lord Has Made | April 14, 2017 | David Schrock
- ‘Anyone, Anyone . . .’ Want to Learn Economics: Three Reasons Why Christians Should Study God’s House | May 28, 2021 | David Schrock
- God’s Currency Exchange: How God Funds His Gospel Mission | August24, 2018 | David Schrock
- Gospel Motivated Giving | August 3, 2018 | David Schrock
- What’s Better Than a Budget? | December 21, 2018 | Rod Fillinger
Ephesians
- How to Apply the Land Promise to Children: A Case Study in Ephesians 6:1 | February 9, 2018 | David Schrock
- The Warfare Worldview of Ephesians | September 8, 2017 | David Schrock
Epistles
- True Love Admonishes | May 27, 2016 | David Schrock
- Why Non-Pastors Should Study the Pastoral Epistles | February 1, 2019 | David Schrock
Evangelism
- Hospitality is Not Optional: Five Ways to Pursue Other People | June 9, 2017 | David Schrock
- Love Your Neighbors | March 1, 2019 | Ben Purves
Family Ministry
- Ministry, Minors, and Millstones: On Protecting the Children We Receive in Church | June 18, 2017 | Jared Bridges
- NextGen Kids: A Program with A Purpose | July 28, 2017 | Jared Bridges
The Gospel
- The Gospel Perfectly and Proportionately Humbles and Exalts | May 20, 2016 | David Schrock
- What is the Gospel? | May 13, 2016 | David Schrock
Haggai
Holidays
Hospitality
- Gospel Community | January 20, 2019 | Ben Purves
- Hospitality is Not Optional: Five Ways to Pursue Other People | June 9, 2017 | David Schrock
- Welcome One Another | March 24, 2017 | David Schrock
John
- Getting into the Gospel of John | January 31, 2020 | David Schrock
- Salvation Belongs to the Lord: A Few Thoughts on John 3:16 | March 6, 2020 | David Schrock
- Seeing is Believing: The Importance of Seeing Jesus in God’s Word | February 14, 2020 | David Schrock
Joshua
- Baptized into knowing God | September 20, 2019 | David Schrock
- How Joshua Teaches Us to Find True and Everlasting Life | September 7, 2019 | David Schrock
- The Strength That God's Sovereignty Supplies: A Meditation from the Book of Joshua | November 8, 2019 | David Schrock
IsaiahThe Lord's Table
- A Biblical Theology of Feasting | September 2, 2016 | David Schrock
- All Together at the Lord's Table | October 30, 2015 | David Schrock
- Approaching the Lord's Table "Together" | June 29, 2018 | David Schrock
- Beholding Christ at the Lord’s Table: Substitution in the Old Testament | September 30, 2016 | David Schrock
- A Biblical Theology of Feasting | September 2, 2016 | David Schrock
- The Bread and the Cup | May 5, 2017 | Ben Purves
- Bread and Wine at the Table of a Righteous King (A Meditation on the Lord’s Supper) | November 30, 2018 | David Schrock
- Communion is a Community Meal | December 4, 2015 | David Schrock
- Four Reasons for Taking the Lord's Supper Every Lord's Day | June 26, 2020 | David Schrock
- How the Lord's Supper Fuels Us to Love One Another | October 2, 2015 | David Schrock
- How the Lord’s Table Defines Its Dinner | June 3, 2016 | David Schrock
- How Scripture and the Spirit Prepare Us for the Lord’s Supper | April 29, 2016 | David Schrock
- The Lord's Supper is a Family Making Meal | March 4, 2016 | David Schrock
- We Are All Foodies: How Feasting with the Lord Retrains Our Appetites | August 5, 2016 | David Schrock
- With Eyes Open to Our Common Savior: How the Lord’s Supper Makes Visible God’s New Covenant People | May 31, 2019 | David Schrock
- You Are What You Eat: A Lord’s Supper Meditation | February 3, 2017 | David Schrock
Marriage
- The Enduring Goodness of Marriage | February 2, 2018 | David Schrock
- God’s Design for Marriage: A Story and a Song | June 23, 2017 | David Schrock
Matthew
- Approaching the Sermon on the Mount | June 1, 2018 | David Schrock
- The Center of the Sermon on the Mount: Twelve Truths About Our Father in Heaven | June 15, 2018 | David Schrock
- Joy in the Lord, in the Church, and in the Ministry | September 18, 2015 | David Schrock
- Let Us Hold the Truth with Love | March 8, 2018 | Ben Purves
- Looking to See the Gospel Flourish: What is a Minister-in-Residence and Why Does It Matter? | May 11, 2018 | David Schrock
- Nine Traits of a Peacemaker | July 19, 2018 | David Schrock
- Resting in a Received Ministry | August 25, 2016 | David Schrock
- Enlarging Our Mission Footprint | April 7, 2016 | David Schrock
- For the Sake of His Name | January 28, 2016 | David Schrock
- Introducing Lottie Moon, Her Sacrifice, and the Missions Offering Taken in Her Name | December 7, 2018 | David Schrock
- Jesus in Athens | January 17th, 2020 | David Schrock
- Our Journey to a Missions Commitment to Iceland | February 5, 2016 | Dave Ross
- Our Mission Trip to Iceland: A Sunday Morning, Coffee House Update | September 24, 2017 | David Schrock
- Adoption and Orphan Care: More Than a Sunday Announcement | November 9, 2017 | Ron Comoglio
- Child Dedication or Parent Commissioning? | May 9, 2019 | Ben Purves
1 Peter
- Getting into 1 Peter: A Brief Introduction to this Grace-Filled Book | February 5, 2021 | David Schrock
- True Religion Consists in Holy Affections: Jonathan Edwards’ Reflections on 1 Peter 1:8 | February 19, 2021 | David Schrock
Philemon
Politics
- Justice and Super Tuesday | February 29, 2016 | Ben Purves
- Take Hold of Christ and His Kingdom:16 Gospel-motivated Considerations for Election 2016 | November 4, 2016 | David Schrock
Preaching
- Be Careful Little Flock How You Hear | October 5, 2018 | David Schrock
- Expositional Preaching is ‘Empowered Preaching’ | September 28, 2018 | David Schrock
Priesthood
- A Family of Royal Priests | October 18, 2018 | David Schrock
- In Search of a Priest Like Melchizedek (Genesis 14; Psalm 110; Hebrews 7) | November 21, 2018 | David Schrock
Proverbs
Psalms
- A Personal and Pastoral Reflection | June 30, 2017 | David Schrock
- Christ in the Psalms | July 22, 2017 | Ben Purves
- From David’s Harp to Our Daily Devotions: Learning to Sing the Psalms in Four Keys | July 14, 2017 | David Schrock
- “Give Me Life . . . According to Your Word”: How God’s Law Leads to Gospel Life | October 13, 2017 | David Schrock
- Preaching the Psalms Canonically: A Postscript September 1, 2017 | David Schrock
- Thanksgiving According to the Psalms | November 21, 2018 | David Schrock
- What Should We Think About the Imprecatory Psalms? | July 27, 2018 | David Schrock
Spiritual Disciplines
- A Call to Prayer and Fasting | September 20, 2016 | Rod Fillinger
- Are You Going To(o) Fast? (Matthew 6:16) | November 29, 2018 | David Schrock
- Desiring the Disciplines | December 30, 2016 | David Schrock
- Fasting: A Few Common Sense Resources for an Enigmatic Practice | August 17, 2018 | David Schrock
- Great Commission Prayer: Gathering to Pray, Praying for Our Labors | September 1, 2017 | David Schrock
- Growing in Prayer: Six Books on Prayer | January 12, 2018 | David Schrock
- New Life for the New Year: How Scripture and Prayer Empower Fruitful Endurance | January 8, 2019 | Rod Fillinger
- Nine Spiritual Disciplines from Charles Octavius Boothe (1845) | January 26, 2018 | David Schrock
Thanksgiving Holiday
- Don’t You Want to Thank *Someone*: A Thanksgiving Meditation | November 17, 2017 | David Schrock
- Give Thanks For the Gifts Jesus Gives You: A Thanksgiving Meditation on Ephesians 4 | November 29, 2019 | David Schrock
- Giving Thanks for the Gospel at Thanksgiving | November 20, 2015 | David Schrock
Theology
- Blessed Assurance: “Jesus is Yours” | March 3, 2017 | David Schrock
- Glorifying God in the Grind of Life | June 28, 2019 | David Schrock
- How Justification by Faith Impels Justice: The Biographical Testimony of William Wilberforce | July 17, 2020 | David Schrock
- Seven Truths About Doctrine of Vocation | July 15, 2016 | David Schrock
- What does the Bible say about the doctrine of election? | March 16, 2016 | David Schrock
1 Thessalonians
- Looking Forward to Jesus | September 22, 2017 | Ben Purves
- Six Lessons on Shepherding: A Pastoral Meditation on 1 Thessalonians 2 | March 29, 2017 | David Schrock
Worship
- God is an Artist | February 8, 2019 | Jeff Dionise
- The Goodness of Gathering With Children | May 7, 2021 | Jared Bridges
- The Hole In Our Praise (and Lamentation) and Worship | July 26, 2019 | David Schrock
- How to Help a Child Attend a Worship Service | December 9, 2016 | Jared Bridges
- Leading Your Children in Worship | April 1, 2016 | Ben Purves
- On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Seeking a Biblical Pattern for Worship | July 19, 2019 | David Schrock
- Pierced ‘That I Might’ Praise: The Worship Only Penal Substitution Creates | June 2, 2017 | David Schrock
- Reflecting on Hymns | October 22, 2015 | Ron Comoglio
- Thanksgiving: A Practice of Politeness, Etiquette, and Good Decorum or something Else? | March 10, 2017 | David Schrock
- Why We Gather
- Why Do We Sing During Worship? | August 23, 2019 | Ron Comoglio
- Worship By the Book: Or, Why Sincerity Is Insufficient for True Worship | July 5, 2019 | David Schrock
- Why take our kids to worship? | December 29, 2016 | Jared Bridges