Scandalous Savior: How Jesus Revealed the Heart of the Father
Jesus’s mission had two primary aspects. He declared one of those aspects when He said, “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that whi...
The Sacrifice of the Incarnation
He “existed in the form of God.” This phrase speaks of a reality that was present before time began. Before the creation of the universe. Bef...
Reading Scripture: What Every Christian Needs to Know
Outrageous Compassion
He began with a stunningly wry self-introduction. He let us know that he has more than a dozen wives. Pausing for effect, he looked around the ro...
One of Us – Why Jesus Came
The Higher Power, the Word, came to us in time and space two thousand years ago on that very first Christmas and began communicating with us thro...
No Longer Defined by My Past – Liz Curtis Higgs
We’ve all made bad decisions. Some of those bad decisions come back to haunt us, and some decisions we thought were good at the time end up hav...
Living Justly, Loving Mercy: A biblical Response to Our Broken World
Justice and mercy can seem like opposing ideas. Justice requires the recompense for wrongs done, the wrongdoer to “pay the price” or make res...
Living in Love – How the Trinity Changes Everything
We’re used to thinking about the Trinity as an intellectual problem, theologian Michael Reeves suggests in his insightful book Delighting in th...
Live Free: A Fresh Look at the Fruit of the Spirit
Paul’s imagery of the fruit of the Spirit describes Christian maturity with a clarity and vividness that makes us want to harvest those sweet j...
The Promised King: Jesus and the Kingdom of God
It’s a significant shift. Instead of receiving Jesus as the promised messiah, the leadership of the Jewish people condemn him as an agent of th...
It's Not Fair - Trusting God When Life Doesn't Make Sense
We are often tempted by our circumstances to agree with the cynic: “No good deed goes unpunished.” In reflective moments, we may find ourselv...
In the Beginning: God and Creation in Genesis
How do we honor the truthfulness of the Genesis account of creation while also acknowledging the controversy over what geology, biology, and phys...
I Am the Way: The Amazing Claims of Jesus
When you ask people today who they think Jesus was, their responses usually aren’t as outlandish as the characters in Talladega Nights, but the...
How God Loves Us
Eventually, it was the football itself that threw in the towel, and it parted neatly in the middle. One half remained clenched in the Rottweiler...
God Is Love
The world does not encourage you to sing, but God does. Song is the sign of an unburdened heart; so sing your songs of love freely, rising ever h...
The Story of God’s Quest of Redemption
Like all stories, the Bible opens on a life-as-we-know-it scene playing out with the fuzzy glow of normalcy. The first chapters of Genesis waste ...
Gardens and the History of Humanity
Eye Contact with God
One of the most strident of those voices belonged to Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is not Great. Hitchens saw religion as “violent, irrat...
When Tragedy Strikes: Finding Security and Hope in an Unsafe World
When tragedy strikes, safety evaporates. Security is undermined. Uncertainty abounds. And fear threatens to take over the human mind and heart. R...
How Can I Have the Right Self-Esteem
Some believe self-esteem and the Bible don’t mix. Others are convinced there is no better place to find self-respect and self-acceptance. The t...
How Can We Trust A Bible That Tolerated Slavery?
Behind race relations in America lies an ugly historical fact. Some people still believe the Bible justifies slavery.
The Forgiveness of God
To be human is to second-guess ourselves. Even the most confident among us struggle with guilt and doubt. Many of us go through life hoping we’...
God’s Design for Sexuality
Our culture reinforces such an assumption. We are surrounded by those who know that they can make a living career out of by stirring up and fanni...
God Reigns: Living Out the Kingdom of God
Most of us are well aware that Jesus was a different kind of king. That helps us explain why he was crucified, and why the last question his disc...
