God created. There is so much wonder and joy, power and glory in those two words. I have no way to unpack that here, today, in this hour, but…
Who will receive him? Who will welcome him in? Go from our worship gathering today with the expectation of this question on your lips and in your heart. We…
Simeon and Anna are the closest thing Jesus has to grandparents, and what grandparents! Both are at the Temple. Though it was my parents who first took me to…
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. If you’re around my age—probably not the best way to begin—you may remember some of…
I’ve been speaking about joy and light lately, not only because it’s Advent, not only because I feel the need for these blessings in my own life, but because…
Though it was not a Sunday and the church was not open, the grieving widow called the pastor, asking if he would open the church for her. She needed…
Perhaps there are times when it seems, feels, like my preaching gets preoccupied with fallen humanity—those are the times, I guess, when it sounds like I’m ranting, judging, condemning,…
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Eph 2:10). Our new birth in Christ…
The prediction business is deeply flawed, because we are deeply flawed, and our wishes easily worm their way into our predictions. Scientists have long understood that the presence of…
Jesus came to do many interwoven things. Jesus came for one reason. We get it when people aren’t interested in Jesus despite our efforts—half-hearted or whole-hearted—our attempts to share…