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…
Near the end of Isaiah, God says, “so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for…
God makes a promise. God makes a promise for a purpose. God fulfills His promise and His purpose by His power. He alone has the power to fulfill. We’ve all…
I hear the grocery store in town has been cleaned out, but you can still get anchovies. In Lake Jackson, they’re fighting over canned asparagus. Tito’s vodka had to release…
Jesus is the proof that God keeps His promises. He keeps His promises not because of us but despite us. That probably doesn’t do a lot for our egos. God’s…
In the eighty-first psalm, the voice of the people of God, in slavery in Egypt, says, “I hear a voice I had not known” (Ps 81:5). That unrecognized voice is…
A shoot from a stump. We’ve seen that; that happens. The stump about which Isaiah speaks is the stump of David, cut down, cut off (11:1). In Columbia Lakes just…
Today is a day for wrapping up. Next Sunday, I’ll start telling the story from the top once again. What crowns the story, its conclusion and vision, is Christ…
They went into the tomb. They knew they would have to. Could you? They were trying to prepare themselves. They see the stone rolled away and don’t know what to…
“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…