Being the Adults in the Room It goes without saying, perhaps, that 2020 and the start of 2021 have left many of us disoriented and discouraged, for a host of reasons. A big one that touches every area of life is the sharpening division in not only the culture but Read more…
New Sunday School Series Paul writes, “Whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction” (Rom 15:4). Contrary to some modern efforts to unhitch the church from the Old Testament, Paul says quite the opposite: the OT was for us. It’s hard to make it very far in Read more…
The Doctrine of Salvation Join our Pastoral Intern, Zach McIntosh, for a 8-part online study of the Ordo Salutis. Wait…what does that fancy term mean? It’s simply the Latin for “order of salvation,” and it captures how Scripture teaches the components of personal salvation. It runs from God’s sovereign election Read more…
Reading the Minor Prophets Afresh Micah is not a book of the Bible that many people spend a lot of time reading. In fact…you may be wondering, “Is that even in the Bible?” It is sandwiched between Jonah (which most everyone knows something about) and Nahum (even less famous than Read more…
Winter Sunday School Series “I want to talk about Jesus with my non-Christian coworker, but I don’t feel like I know the answers to all their questions.” Many of us have expressed a sentiment like this. Life is complicated. Ideas, philosophies, religions, arguments, counterarguments, hot-takes, and viral memes that go Read more…
Fall Sunday School Series We were created for fellowship with the living God. The Bible teaches that we have confidence to enter into the presence of God through Christ (2 Cor 3:4). We are called to meditate on his word (Psalm 119). To pray to the Father by the Spirit Read more…
Summer Sunday School Series “The frozen chosen.” That’s about all many people think about Presbyterians, if they know anything about them at all. Maybe that’s what you believed once, too! River Oaks is part of the Presbyterian tradition within the global church. But what does that really mean? While we Read more…