Many are called but few are chosen (Mt 22:14). Is this an ad for the Marines? It’s not a really encouraging doctrine, at first glance. How about everyone called and…
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God” (4:7). Everyone who loves. Well, then. If someone…
I’ve spoken of purification, obedience, and rejecting the world. We reject the world when we say Yes to Christ and No to the panorama of alluring sins in vogue…
We make progress in love together in Christ. When love is returned in kind, the obligation of love is not burdensome. Where love is not returned, any thought of obligation…
God sent Jesus to be our Redeemer, our Savior. Redemption comes with a cost; payment must be made, satisfaction given. The one wronged—God—must be satisfied. I don’t have the…
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Eph 2:10). Our new birth in Christ…
The prediction business is deeply flawed, because we are deeply flawed, and our wishes easily worm their way into our predictions. Scientists have long understood that the presence of…
Strange, how something so good begins with something so bad. Jesus is told his cousin has been executed, murdered. John the Baptist is dead: he didn’t compromise the message. Can…
Each time I read this account, I am stunned by each line. Scripture tells us this is about God testing Abraham (22:1). We know it all works out. Abraham does…
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. …