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You’ve got to be kidding! We’re often amazed to read the ongoing saga of faith and doubt that Exodus chronicles in the story of the Israelites and their quest to enter...
Read MoreJohn 3:16 expresses an overwhelming love: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal...
Read MoreChristians live in two worlds. We dwell in an earthly realm where we experience life through our five senses and interact with things reasonable, rational, ordinary, and necessary. We are all...
Read MoreFor this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace.” Reflect on these words. This simple sentence offers a critical truth. We can do nothing...
Read MoreThe apostle Peter provides a good example of how easily people of faith miss the point. We sometimes get so caught up in the pageantry and excitement that we lose sight...
Read MoreGo from your country. . . . ” In our postmodern, transitory, global community, this command doesn’t seem like such a big deal. Social media and instantaneous communication make it possible...
Read MoreYears ago I attended two churches in the same community. One congregation had about 3,000 members, while the other boasted just over 300. Both congregations were having celebrations of their ministries....
Read MoreThis psalm gave my Grandmother Dortie great confidence and comfort. She could recite it by heart, and it empowered her to cope with everything life threw at her. Through desperate times...
Read MoreToday’s psalm calls us to confess our wrongdoings to God lest these unconfessed wrongdoings eat us up from the inside out. The psalmist says when he failed to confess, he experienced...
Read MoreAt the end of Jesus’ forty-day fast in the wilderness, he is starving. So not surprisingly, the devil’s first temptation invites Jesus to turn stones into bread—not only for food but...
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