How solemn and holy, how intimate and joyous, the Passover!—celebration of freedom, God’s power to set free, claim, and keep His own in the face of all the angry…
All Glory, Laud and Honor Christians have been singing “All Glory, Laud and Honor” since 1861. The words, though, go back to the ninth century, the 800s, to a period…
Paul wants us to live with concern for the discipleship of others. This is part of a larger discussion of the uses and abuses of freedom. We have been…
It’s been two thousand years; the time is always short. Our time is short. We have less than we had; we don’t get more. Instead of that being a…
About all I remember of high school health class was sex education, trying to remember and write down what I ate in a week, and a film about a…
I’ve been speaking about joy and light lately, not only because it’s Advent, not only because I feel the need for these blessings in my own life, but because…
Though it was not a Sunday and the church was not open, the grieving widow called the pastor, asking if he would open the church for her. She needed…
An advocate to help us and to be with us forever. Help. Forever. You know this word advocate: someone who speaks up for you; someone who is on your side. …
Paul and Silas, still in Philippi, encounter a girl, a slave girl. That wasn’t unusual. This slave girl is possessed; a spirit is in her, that, as spirits do, reveals…
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the…