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How He Doesn’t Get Us

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A key theme in the New Testament Book of Hebrews is that Jesus “gets us” because he became “like his brothers and sisters in every way” (Hebrews 2:17) and has … Continued



What He Gets About Us

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I’ve previously written about how Jesus’s conception by the Holy Spirit and birth by the Virgin Mary reminds us who we are referring to when we say “He gets us” … Continued



Who Gets Us?

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A number of years ago, I read a book written by a pastor whose ministry I had been following with admiration. In his book he raised the question of whether … Continued



How the Book of Hebrews Shows Us That “He Get Us”

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Faith Church kicked off a sermon series this past weekend exploring a truth about Jesus that has been placed on billboards and TV commercials over the past couple of years:“He … Continued



Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Resurrection, the Mark of the Beast, and Going to Heaven

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This is the final post in which I am answering questions about Jesus’s return and the end times that we received. While I devoted an entire post to the questions … Continued



Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Millennial Kingdom and Preterism

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When we invited people at Faith Church to ask questions about Jesus’s return and the end times, we received multiple questions about two topics that I have written about in … Continued



Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Israel

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Last Fall we invited people to submit questions about the end times and Jesus’s return; the results indicated two topics of great interest. One was the rapture, which I discussed … Continued



Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Rapture

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In the Fall of 2023, Faith Church’s sermon series through the Gospel of Mark examined the Olivet Discourse found in Mark 13. In this discourse (which is also found in … Continued



Why We Should Love (the Book of) Numbers

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As I write this post, we are about to begin reading the Book of Numbers in Faith Church’s 4 Year Bible Reading Plan. This Old Testament book is rarely mentioned … Continued



What’s Leavening You? (Matthew 13:33 and 16:6, 11-12)

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One thing I really enjoy about using Faith Church’s 4 Year Bible Reading Plan to read through the entire Bible in 4 years by reading a chapter a day (6 … Continued



God is Still With Us

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During the Christmas season we proclaim (and sing!) that Jesus is Emmanuel/Immanuel (these words mean the same and come from how it is transliterated into English from Hebrew – Immanuel … Continued



Songs of Christmas: Joy to the World

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Even though we are past Christmas, I thought it would be good to explore one more well-known Christmas song – “Joy to the World” – because it is actually not … Continued



Songs of Christmas: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

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Many of our most well-known and beloved Christmas songs have origins in other countries (and in other languages), but there are a few that were written in America. One of … Continued



Songs of Christmas: Angels We Have Heard on HIgh

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If there was a formula to write a popular song, I highly doubt that Latin words or singing a word for over 12 beats (and moving up and down through … Continued



Songs of Christmas: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

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Many of the Christmas carols we sing are translations from other languages. Other songs were originally written in English but use words that are uncommon or outdated, and thus need … Continued



Songs of Christmas: O Come O COme Emmanuel

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Back in 2012, I decided to use the blog posts leading up to Christmas to explore the stories behind and meanings of various songs we sing in the Christmas season. … Continued



A Book I’m Thankful For

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There are many things I am thankful for this year, one of which is a book I recently read: Christopher Watkin’s Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes … Continued



Did Jesus Say He Would Return Before the Disciples Died?

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Christians are united in their belief that Jesus will return, but have developed different views about how they think it will unfold. Various views have emerged because there are a … Continued



What and When Not to “Give to Caesar”?

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“Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mark 12:17). This is one of the most famous and memorable statements from Jesus, … Continued



Dealing with Differences Between the Gospels

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The New Testament contains four accounts of the life of Jesus: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; these writings are commonly called “gospels.” Each  features some material not found in the … Continued



Jesus’s Reformation of How We Read the Bible

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Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses on October 31,1517 is viewed as the event that started the renewal movement of the 1500’s known as the Reformation – and the … Continued


Current Series


He Gets Us

Though Jesus walked the earth 2,000 years ago, He still knows about the problems you face today. Not only does Jesus know what plagues us as a culture, He gets us. Jesus can relate. He was tempted, too. He was disrespected, too. He was doubted, too. He mourned, too. He suffered, too.

Faith Church is joining other churches in the Chicagoland area for the series, He Gets Us. We’ll explore that Jesus knows about our insecurity, exhaustion, anxiety, guilt, loneliness and grief. Join us for this new series as we find assurance in knowing we aren’t alone in this world. We have a Savior who gets us and cares about what we are feeling.

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