God sent Jesus to be our Redeemer, our Savior. Redemption comes with a cost; payment must be made, satisfaction given. The one wronged—God—must be satisfied. I don’t have the…
We know we’re supposed to give thanks with a grateful heart, but sometimes we feel as if we’re just going through the motions of thankfulness, like other things we…
The psalms offer great encouragement and wise words of caution. The psalms give voice to our feelings of joy and sorrow; they are heartfelt prayers, helping us to cultivate…
Peter isn’t happy about what’s going to happen to Jesus. Neither are we. Suffer? Killed? Terrible! Let’s be followers without the suffering. In seminary, no one quite knew what…
Jesus emerges. He emerges from the bright, cool waters of the Jordan; he emerges from the hard, dark tomb. He reaches through the twilight of our confusion, our sorrow,…
The power of darkness is fear. There is fear in the darkness, fear of the dark. Children want the nightlight. I’m liking the flashlight on my cell phone. There…
Lord-willing, we have Jesus in our church. I think we do. My aim, my desire, is that we are always putting Jesus Christ front and center in this church:…
Paul wants us to live with concern for the discipleship of others. This is part of a larger discussion of the uses and abuses of freedom. We have been…
It’s been two thousand years; the time is always short. Our time is short. We have less than we had; we don’t get more. Instead of that being a…
About all I remember of high school health class was sex education, trying to remember and write down what I ate in a week, and a film about a…