I’ve been listening to some modern worship lately. Often, I am moved by the heartfelt connection to God expressed in many of the songs I hear, but recently I found myself disturbed. What I heard may have sounded good and
Luke recounts an occasion when Jesus was invited to attend a dinner at the home of a Pharisee (Lk. 14:1-24). During the meal, the subject of banquets came up, which prompted a fellow guest to make the comment, “Blessed is
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me
There’s an awful lot of groaning going on in Romans 8:22-26! Paul says that all of creation has been groaning (v. 22). We who are believers are also groaning, as we await our adoption as sons (v. 23); and even
“Freedom.” The word is constantly on our lips. It’s in our thoughts and in our cultural DNA. The Western understanding of freedom is rooted in the belief that the highest and truest expression of human dignity is found in being
In Revelation 12, John reports a vision of a woman in the throes of labor, about to give birth. The woman, he says, was “clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen
On August 31 we began a new study in Sunday School entitled “Heroes of Faith,” in which we will be looking at men and women both from Scripture and from Christian history which exemplify a life of faith. We began
They had been walking all morning. The sun was high and hot. They were tired and hungry. Jesus, wearied from the journey, sat down by Jacob’s well and waited for His disciples to return from town with food to strengthen
