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…
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…
“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain” (1:21). When’s the last time you said that? What does he mean? In his letter to the faithful…
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A shoot from a stump. We’ve seen that; that happens. The stump about which Isaiah speaks is the stump of David, cut down, cut off (11:1). In Columbia Lakes just…
Paul speaks of the people who belong to God and to the Lord Jesus Christ (1:1). Have you thought much about belonging to God? In Jesus Christ, we are people…
Being a follower of Jesus Christ can be demanding. We feel worn out just living for ourselves! To live for others can feel even more exhausting, before we even…
Well, nobody likes to be called a dog. We tend to be very attached to our pets, yet no one likes to be called a dog. When will Jesus say…
There are places in the Bible where I read and say, “no, no, that’s too much!” Too hard. I feel like closing the book, right there; I don’t want to…
To be in the presence of Jesus is to be in the presence of salvation. We celebrate the Lord’s Supper on the first Sunday. There is no special reason why. …