In this sermon from our series, The Word Made Flesh: Exploring the Life and Light of Christ in the Gospel of John, we continue considering the feeding of the five thousand in John 6:4–14. The central comfort of this passage is found in the words, “He Himself knew what He would do.” Philip saw the impossibility of the need, and Andrew saw the weakness of the available means: five barley loaves and two small fish. But Christ knew what He would do.

In this Sunday School lesson in our series on The Reformation of the Church — The True, the Good, and the Beautiful, we considered the question: What is goodness?

In this sermon from our series, "The Word Made Flesh: Exploring the Life and Light of Christ in the Gospel of John", we begin John 6 by considering the context surrounding the feeding of the five thousand. As great multitudes follow Jesus because of the signs He performed, we are reminded that true faith does not demand signs in unbelief, but receives the signs God gives as witnesses to Christ and His saving work.

There is a growing hunger among many Christians for something deeper than modern evangelical minimalism. Many are tired of shallow worship, thin doctrine, personality-driven ministry, religious entertainment, and the constant reinvention of Christianity according to the trends of the age.

At Holy Trinity Reformed Church, when we speak of Protestant Traditionalism, or Pro Trad, we are not trying to invent a new movement, create a new label for novelty’s sake, or retreat into mere nostalgia. We are giving language to something older, deeper, and more biblical than much of modern Christianity has remembered.

Mooresville, Indiana does not need another shallow expression of modern Christianity. We do not need another religious program built upon entertainment, personality, novelty, or the passing trends of the age. What we need is far older, deeper, stronger, and more enduring. We need to rediscover, recover, and rebuild the ancient faith once for all delivered to the saints.