Isaiah was unsparing in pointing to the God-defying behaviors and choices all too common all around him in his day. What we mostly remember about Isaiah, I suppose, are his…
Forgiveness. Yes, please! Forgiveness sought only after God forces my hand. Ugh. Yes. But when we finally do confess, once the Spirit has so worked upon us, into us, that…
Jesus is teaching his faithful, expanding their spiritual horizons to take in what he’s been telling them, but it’s tough. There’s a lot of distraction and a lot of resistance. …
Ours is a fellowship of confession. Fellowship begins with Christ. The Greek word we translate as fellowship is koinonia, which could also be translated as participation, communion. We have…
Fire? Division, not peace? Hypocrites? Why does Jesus have to say such things? I mean, I suppose I could just skip all those things he says like what we just…
My last year at seminary, one of the theology professors taught a course called something like “Theories of the Atonement.” Over centuries, theologians have presented different explanations regarding the atonement,…