The Offering of Common Kindness—Mt 25:31-46 In the age of cellphones, it’s even easier to pass by people who may be in need. Surely, they have phones too. Surely, there’s…
God will settle all accounts. Each of us labors under a stack of Past Due notices. We’ve lived beyond our means. We wanted to have fun, leave the worries for…
I dread getting God’s Word wrong. In the interests of full disclosure, this proclaimer of God’s Word also dreads parts of God’s Word. There are parts that seem hard to…
The disciples are on their journey, proclaiming and healing by the authority of Jesus: in the name and in the character of Jesus. They’re taking the name of Jesus…
Well, okay . . . so that’s a lot. Scholars regard Paul’s two letters to the believers in Thessalonika as his earliest. The church there was concerned about the end,…