Life ultimately depends upon trusting God. Not that everyone agrees or lives that way, as we know. God gave life; all life is subject to God’s purposes. God is able…
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…
Just by way of review, Paul has reminded us that we are more than servants—we who believe now belong to God, having been purchased by Christ and brought into God’s…
“[A]re only a few people going to be saved”? One can ask that expecting an affirmative answer. One can ask expecting a negative answer. I mean, if Jesus says no,…
There are things Jesus says, and not just once, that don’t exactly comfort or inspire us, because we don’t know how to take what he says. For example, “I have…
Another Pharisee wants to hear more, see more, know more. That’s good. When anyone invites additional conversation, additional connection-building, let’s make the most of the opportunity. After all, when is…
It may not feel or seem as if much yields to the name of Jesus these days. It’s as if the name Jesus has sort of become an empty but…
“It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” (10:4). So much, then, for the entire sacrificial system established in the first books in the Bible. …
Even today, some churches go by the name of tabernacle. The tabernacle, whether as the tent in the wilderness or the temple in Jerusalem, is that place where God and…
As part of our Lenten self-denial, in the spirit of Lent, today’s message will be a little longer than usual, and I do know that I can already run, um,…