The gospel of Jesus Christ is not funny, but it is a laughing matter…a cause for joy, a reason to celebrate.
Read MoreSo Abram went. Upon those three words hinges the hope of the whole fallen world.
Read MoreThe only thing that defines you, ironically, has nothing to do with you; rather it is what God has done for you in Jesus Christ that is your defining trait.
Read MoreWhen we rebel against the rule of love that God has ordained for all things, chaos ensues.
Read MoreThe important thing is that the Holy Spirit gives us the gifts we need to serve the community where we are.
Read MoreHere again we see the irony of the gospel at work. Gospel glory does not wear a crown, it’s nailed to a cross.
Read MoreWe make idols to put a face on our gods, but the true God has already done that for us in Jesus Christ.
Read MoreStephen is a martyr not only because he suffered and died for Jesus Christ, but because of the way that his death bears witness to Christ.
Read MoreJesus, who went before us into that dark valley, now prepares a table before us, even as our enemies still surround us.
Read MoreIn meeting them on the Emmaus road, in opening the scriptures to them, in revealing himself in the breaking of the bread, Jesus reframes their expectations and reorients their hope.
Read MoreThe good news is that your forgiveness is none of your business because Jesus has made it his.
Read MoreWere we there when God raised him from the tomb? We were not, but we are here now. And even still, it causes us to tremble.
Read MoreVictory in the kingdom of God is often unrecognizable to the world. Redemption appears as rejection, salvation as suffering and sacrificial love.
Read MoreJesus did not come to delay death, he came to defeat it…and one day he will come again…to destroy it entirely.
Read MoreThe irony is hiding in plain sight—a blind man sees but everyone who sees is blind to the good news of what Jesus has done.
Read MoreThey are the words of someone who has drunk from the well of Jesus’ love, mercy, and compassion and will never thirst again.
Read MoreJohn 3:16, and indeed this entire passage, are less about the decision that we must make for God than the decision that God has made for us in Jesus Christ.
Read MoreThe Son of God did not come to revel in power but rather to reveal the power of God’s reconciling love.
Read MoreWe are not under a covenant of law but a covenant of grace—the new covenant that is sealed not by our promise to obey but by the blood of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreIn the light of the Transfiguration we see Jesus for who he truly is…and we see ourselves as we truly are.
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