Paul takes much of the first chapter of Romans to articulate the trouble: it’s a big trouble and deeply troubling. It has caused all of us all kinds of trouble. …
We’re hearing hard things. Paul is explaining the meaning of what we can see everyday but perhaps not quite understand. It ought to be comprehensible. Some find it very difficult…
So, the Pharisees always manage to surprise me. I often wonder, had I been alive at the time, whether I would have been a Pharisee. I think I probably would…
Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! Rank ingratitude. Now, a parable isn’t supposed to cover all the details. It’s supposed to get across at least one, clear, main…
“What is truth?” Oh, it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. In Jesus Christ, Superstar, what Pilate goes on to say has always stuck with me: “We all have truths! …
“On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, ‘Where do you want us to go and…
The Sabbath was God’s gift, God’s blessing for His people. The one thing you do not do, then, is fail to honor and respect the gift. That would dishonor the…
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Those are funeral words, graveside words, goodbye words. I’ve baptized many, marking them with water. Today, I mark you with ashes. Nothing in Scripture…
Mark’s version, church tradition tells us, is based upon Peter’s recollection. Mark was secretary and personal assistant to Peter in his last years. Mark’s—Peter’s—account begins, not with a genealogy, nor…
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! …