In the Grip of God’s Love
The Hebrew word “hesed” gets a lot of press in devotionals or sermons or Bible studies. But any translation will struggle to capture the full...
Who is Jesus?
Did Jesus Care About Justice?
What’s Wrong with the Sinner’s Prayer?
Nowhere in Scripture do we find a tradition of leading another person in the “sinner’s prayer.” The closest we get is with the Lord’s pra...
We Are His – Belonging to the Family of God
We are each born in need of adoption, each born with wounds and an indefinable, desperate longing for the unconditional healing love of our heave...
What Does the Bible Say About Justice?
The God Who Is with Us – The Difference the Incarnation Makes
In Christ we see a very different kind of God.
Yahweh vs. Baal: The Psalms as Apologetic
The nations around them still had their gods and their high places and their cults. The stories of the gods of Moab and Phoenicia and Philistia c...
Walking Free: Overcoming What Keeps Us from Jesus
In the Christian tradition, however, the seven deadly sins have played a more serious and practical role in identifying and warning against destr...
Understanding the Bible: The Letter to the Hebrews
The author writes out of concern that the readers are in danger of rejecting Christianity and returning to Judaism. He warns them of the devastat...
Timely Warnings: What Jesus Said About the End Times
Certainly signs that update distances to destinations would be important. Signs that inform you of available restaurant or fuel options would cat...
“This Trinity Thing”
the idea of a Trinity creates a substantial obstacle for the potential faith of others, and we’d really like to help them understand what we be...
The Race
The first year I ran, I hit every hurdle in my lane. It’s a quick way to get disqualified from a race if the judge decides you were trying to g...
The Point of It All – Why We Might Miss Jesus
When Jesus came to Earth the first time in the form of a baby, a lot of the religious experts missed him. These included many of the people who c...
The God of Eternity
God used title “I Am” that God to define Himself in Exodus 3, but it is more than a title—it is also a description. The “I Am” is the e...
The Curious
Conversations about the nature of truth are not uncommon today. It is discussed in both theoretical terms and very practical (and personal) setti...
That Skill – Using Words to Invite Others Into Freedom
We’ve been wounded, the Christian faith professes; all of us. But it’s a wounding we’ve been denying and running from ever since, covering ...
Teach Us to Pray
“The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth” (Psalm 145:18). So He invites us to draw near, and He promises tha...
Taking Sin Seriously
Christians take sin seriously. So seriously, in fact, that we have instituted extra rules and regulations to govern our beliefs and behaviors. Pr...
To the Decapolis – Casting Out Demons
Twice Jesus visited the east side of the Sea of Galilee - the Gentile Decapolis. Twice he performed incredible miracles. Once feeding 4,000 peopl...
Toward the Gihon Spring- The Coronation
On a donkey, riding from the Mount of Olives toward the Gihon Spring. It was the ride of kings. It was what Solomon had done on his coronation da...
To Mount Moreh – Raising A Widow’s Son
Just like Elijah, Jesus went to Mount Moreh. And just like Elijah, Jesus raised a widow's son from the dead. It's no wonder the people said Jesus...
Into the Wilderness – Baptism and Temptation
After his baptism, Jesus was taken into the wilderness to face temptation. The book of Matthew tells how Jesus and Israel faced similar trials in...
Bethlehem – The Birthplace of Salvation
In the Bible, Bethlehem is a place of solutions, a place of salvation. It is the place of Jesus's birth, the setting for God's ultimate solution.
