“One in heart and mind” (4:32) is how we speak of people close as can be. We tend to reserve that sort of talk for those very much in love. …
One thing I can guarantee you: if you follow Christ, it’s eventually going to get you in trouble. There are many in situations of authority and influence who do not…
The world seemed awfully vast and rather hostile to those eleven men on their way to Galilee. What did Jesus want to say to them there? What did he want…
“After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb” (28:1). They walk to the tomb as…
There in the house of Annas, Jesus is being questioned, not for the first time. People question Jesus all the time, even in our times—maybe especially in our times of…
I was astounded that Gepetto, Figaro, and Cleo could survive inside the whale. It was awfully spacious in there, though. If you were in church nursery about the time I…
When Jesus is asked to give a sign, so that he might be believed, so that what he is saying might be accepted as true and authoritative, Jesus responds that…
On this day of mystery and glory Christ turns his face toward Jerusalem and all that will happen to him, there. From Paul, we turn to listen to Peter. Paul…
Morning has broken, like the first morning. Not one of those slow, sad women thought that. Easter doesn’t begin with joy; it was just a slow, sad walk to the…
There’s no question that God wants to be known, though He will not force anyone to acknowledge Him, until the day He does. Until then, He speaks His Word, opening…