I have a blessed vocation. When I come to the office, I get to open God’s Word, think, pray and reflect on it. I get to think about the passage I’m preaching on for Sunday. I get to think about the pa...  Read More

“Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.” (2 Kings 5:12)There at the prec...  Read More

I was inspired by an article that Tim Challies wrote a few days ago giving 40 pieces of advice for the Christian life. I thought it might be a helpful exercise to try and distill down some of my own t...  Read More

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. - 2 Tim 2:22 This coming Friday (10/1) will be the 6 year anniversary...  Read More

For your encouragement in the Lord, here is some stuff that happened over the past two weeks that will never make the news....  Read More

We walked together in the breeze And talked together under trees In Eden’s paradise All creation was very good And life’s requirement understood Obedience the price...  Read More

(By Jeanine Camacho) Yesterday, one of our pastors leveled with us on a key hindrance to staying and representing Christ here in the Bay Area-- cost of living. San Jose is the most unaffordable place ...  Read More

Last month, the women at West Hills: San Jose held a seminar focused on mercy. This blog is a recap for any who might have missed, or who would like to review that content afresh.What do you believe a...  Read More

Church family,Most of us are not in the habit of reading other peoples prayers. And yet the apostles assumed that prayer was a thing to be learned from examples (Luke 11:1). As we have been teaching t...  Read More

Yesterday I preached on the true mortification of sin. Today it’s Monday, I’m in my office, and I want to pursue holiness.Whenever I begin to think deeply about putting my own sin to death, I deal wit...  Read More

For the past month we have been unpacking Colossians chapter 2, verse by verse, thought by thought, to understand Paul’s main point. The good thing about moving slowly is you are able to consider each...  Read More

I am rereading John Owen’s Mortification of Sin for the millionth time (obviously an exaggeration), and I just came across one of my favorite passages. He is in the middle of explaining why putting si...  Read More