“One in heart and mind” (4:32) is how we speak of people close as can be. We tend to reserve that sort of talk for those very much in love. …
One thing I can guarantee you: if you follow Christ, it’s eventually going to get you in trouble. There are many in situations of authority and influence who do not…
I suppose we each have a picture of how the church ought to be, including this little congregation of it. No one’s picture looks just like the church as it…
The world seemed awfully vast and rather hostile to those eleven men on their way to Galilee. What did Jesus want to say to them there? What did he want…
“After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb” (28:1). They walk to the tomb as…
There in the house of Annas, Jesus is being questioned, not for the first time. People question Jesus all the time, even in our times—maybe especially in our times of…
This day is full with some of the fullest events of the New Testament. Do we really need to bother with the Old Testament today? Jesus is the New Testament! …
On this day, we specially remember Jesus making his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, that God’s Word might be fulfilled. Today, we also conclude our time with Jonah. Jesus was asked…
“When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened” (3:10). Hallelujah! That’s what God has…
Jonah has had a transforming experience. He had been living his faith his way. Look where it got him. God wasn’t interested in making Jonah sorry, though; God is interested…