Joe Tyrpak, Author at Church Works Media

10 Feb

Yes! You Are in Full-Time Christian Service

February 10, 2025
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Mediations on the Reformation (Day 3: “Full-Time Christian Service”).“Slaves...you are serving the Lord Christ.” (Colossians 3:22-24)God created us to work. Work is part of what it means to be human. Work is a...

06 Jan

Devotional Thoughts

Ancient Words for Modern Missions

January 22, 2025
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations for Missions (Day 4: “An Overlooked Missions Hymn”).“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?" (Psalm 2:1)What are the most encouraging missionary hymns you can think of? Among the...

16 Dec

Devotional Thoughts

Peace: More Than an Emotion

December 16, 2024
By Joe Tyrpak

In a world fractured by conflict—internal and external—what does true peace really look like?

04 Nov

Devotional Thoughts

Beyond the Ballot: Hope in a Higher Kingdom

November 4, 2024
By Joe Tyrpak

This excerpt by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations for Christmas (Day 16: “Political Optimism”).“May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!” (Psalm 72:11)The birth of Jesus was a political event, and celebrating His birth should affect...

14 Oct

Devotional Thoughts

Sola Fide: Why Good Works Fall Short

October 18, 2024
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations on the Reformation (Day 9: “Why Faith Alone?”).“We hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)Many Christians know what they believe before they can...

26 Aug

Devotional Thoughts

Praying through Depression

August 26, 2024
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations for Prayer (Day 8).“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?” (Psalm 42:5) Discouragement—even depression—is a normal experience for God’s people, and prayer is...

29 Jul

Devotional Thoughts

Why Does Life Feel Meaningless?

January 16, 2025
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations on Creation (Day 19: “Creation’s Monotony”).“The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.” (Ecclesiastes 1:4) Creation certainly fills us with wonder and awe. But...

29 Apr

Devotional Thoughts

A Mother’s Love: God’s Love on Display

January 21, 2025
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations for Women (Day 11: “God Compares Himself to a Mother”).Throughout the Bible, God (Who is not human, so neither male nor female) consistently reveals Himself as Father rather than Mother, King...

01 Apr

Devotional Thoughts

Are You Exhausted?

April 1, 2024
By Joe Tyrpak

This reading by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations for the Hurting (Day 19), which deals with practical implications of the resurrection of Jesus. Read 1 Corinthians 15 “Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” — 1 Corinthians 15:58 In 1...

24 Nov

Devotional Thoughts

Hardships & True Thankfulness: On the 400th Anniversary of Thanksgiving 1621

November 24, 2021
By Joe Tyrpak

If this year is the hardest year yet for thanksgiving, then let me suggest that it’s probably the best opportunity yet for you to magnify God’s worth by giving thanks to him. Hardships, in fact, provide the best occasion for true...

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