David Mathis

Revival in the Making

God’s Central Means for Spiritual Renewal

Mar 13, 2024

Seeming revivals come and go, but genuine, God-wrought awakenings share one vital ingredient: they are centered on the word of God.

Message

The Thickest Joy on Earth

Why We Love Philippians

Mar 17, 2024

Why do so many Christians love the book of Philippians? Among other reasons, because the letter is brief, accessible, memorable, and teeming with joy.

Article

What (Not) to Preach

How to Build and Cut a Sermon

Mar 23, 2024

After a preacher has wrestled for days, even weeks, with a sermon text, and wrestled hard with the needs of his particular people, he can ask, Which glories here am I most excited to preach?

Article

Bring Your Grief to Gethsemane

The Healing Wounds of Maundy Thursday

Mar 28, 2024

Tonight is not first about our griefs. But as we draw near to the sorrows of Jesus, we do indeed find comfort for every grief — and grace for every sin.

Message

Before Division Comes

A Playbook for Pastoral Unity

Mar 31, 2024

Even among pastor-elder teams, conflict comes. Disagreements are inevitable. How then might we navigate conflict with a constant eye toward God-honoring unity?

Article

Wrap Your Soul in Truth

Under-Armor for Spiritual War

Apr 6, 2024

Christians are people of the truth — lovers of the truth, speakers of the truth, armored in the truth, as we follow Truth himself.

Message

The Safest Soul in All the World

Rejoicing in the Risen Christ

Apr 14, 2024

The safest soul in all the universe is the one that rejoices in the risen Christ. God will never destroy those who delight in his Son.

Panel Discussion

Shepherding Criticism

Serious Joy Speakers Panel

May 1, 2024

How can pastors serve so that praise doesn’t puff them up and criticism doesn’t crush them? By loving the reward of the Father more than the opinions of men.

Article

Head of Every Head

How to Lead Like Jesus

May 3, 2024

Every husband is a head, and every husband has a head: Jesus. And husbands lead best when they first know themselves weak and in need of his help.

Message

Where Jesus Travels

Introducing the Means of Grace

May 15, 2024

Whomever God justifies, he also sanctifies. What means has he given us to keep growing in holiness?

Message

How Church Rescues

Christ’s Body as His Means

May 22, 2024

When we think of spiritual disciplines, we might immediately think of our time alone with God, but the Christian faith is a community project. We all need the body of Christ.

Article

The Splendor of His Queen

How the Church Reflects Christ’s Majesty

May 25, 2024

For now, the church appears with spots and wrinkles and many blemishes. But the day is coming when Jesus will present her to himself in splendor — as the reflection of his own majesty.

Message

When God Listens

His Ear and Our Access

May 29, 2024

When we stop and look, we find that we know a lot more about Jesus’s spiritual disciplines than we might think. What can we learn from the prayer life of the Savior?

Article

Lord of All the Law

How Jesus Handled the Ten Commandments

Jun 7, 2024

Are the Ten Commandments binding on Christians today? Pay careful attention to the words of Jesus, how he handles the Ten, and the greater authority he brings.

Message

What Is It Like to ‘Know Christ’?

Jun 12, 2024

The Christian life has one final aim: to know and enjoy Jesus. He justified us to know him, we daily press on to know him more, and one day we will know him fully and forever.

Article

My Body Is Not My Own

How God Redeems What Sin Seized

Jun 18, 2024

Magnifying Christ in our bodies depends, in part, on understanding the story of our bodies — how God redeems what sin has seized and fits our flesh for glory.

Message

Work Out What Christ Has Won

The Christian Life as Gift and Duty

Jun 19, 2024

The everyday Christian life is both a gift and a duty. By God’s own indwelling power, we work out what Christ has won.

Message

Lord, Savior, and Treasure

The Complex Beauty of Jesus Christ

Jun 26, 2024

In Jesus, we find the complex beauty our hearts were made to behold: meekness and majesty, nearness and transcendence, the might of the Lion and the mercy of the Lamb.

Article

A Republic — If God Keeps It

Jul 4, 2024

At the founding, perhaps only as few as 10 percent of Americans were church members. So, what happened in the early 1800s, and what might we learn from it today?

Message

His Power, Your Body, Our Home

Three Marks of Christian Citizens

Jul 6, 2024

In this earthly life, Christians do more than wait for heaven. We belong to heaven, find our hope in heaven, and serve the King of heaven.

Message

Know Your Covenant

Christian Habits for the New Era

Jul 10, 2024

The new covenant is not a renewed, updated, or expanded covenant — it is actually new. And the new-covenant era calls for new-covenant habits.

Article

What Makes God Happiest?

Enjoying His Signature Joy

Jul 13, 2024

Lay God’s many pleasures side by side, and ask which one is his deepest delight. Across the scope of Scripture, one clear answer emerges.

Article

‘Enter into My Happiness’

Jesus’s Invitation to Infinite Joy

Jul 23, 2024

Nine times in rapid succession, Jesus invites us into the very happiness of God. Surprising as that may be, his conditions for entrance may shock us even more.

Message

Go Where God Walks

The Everyday Paths of Astonishing Grace

Jul 24, 2024

God does not leave us to ourselves after saving us. His grace continues to flow to us through his appointed means: Bible reading, prayer, and fellowship.

Message

We Read to Get God

Scripture as the Chief Means of Grace

Jul 24, 2024

When Christians read the Bible, we’re after more than understanding God’s words. We’re after enjoying God’s Word. We’re after Jesus.

David Mathis

Revival in the Making

God’s Central Means for Spiritual Renewal

The Thickest Joy on Earth

Why We Love Philippians

What (Not) to Preach

How to Build and Cut a Sermon

Bring Your Grief to Gethsemane

The Healing Wounds of Maundy Thursday

Before Division Comes

A Playbook for Pastoral Unity

Wrap Your Soul in Truth

Under-Armor for Spiritual War

The Safest Soul in All the World

Rejoicing in the Risen Christ

Shepherding Criticism

Serious Joy Speakers Panel

Head of Every Head

How to Lead Like Jesus

Where Jesus Travels

Introducing the Means of Grace

How Church Rescues

Christ’s Body as His Means

The Splendor of His Queen

How the Church Reflects Christ’s Majesty

When God Listens

His Ear and Our Access

Lord of All the Law

How Jesus Handled the Ten Commandments

What Is It Like to ‘Know Christ’?

My Body Is Not My Own

How God Redeems What Sin Seized

Work Out What Christ Has Won

The Christian Life as Gift and Duty

Lord, Savior, and Treasure

The Complex Beauty of Jesus Christ

A Republic — If God Keeps It

His Power, Your Body, Our Home

Three Marks of Christian Citizens

Know Your Covenant

Christian Habits for the New Era

What Makes God Happiest?

Enjoying His Signature Joy

‘Enter into My Happiness’

Jesus’s Invitation to Infinite Joy

Go Where God Walks

The Everyday Paths of Astonishing Grace

We Read to Get God

Scripture as the Chief Means of Grace

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