Today was a real meditation day on John 3:7-14 and it’s been unsettling a little bit more than I expected. The other day I made the surprising connection that all of the exhortations that John the Baptist makes for how to express repentance dealt with...
Money. Is there every a stronger mirror for what is in the heart? As it has been said, “Show me your bank account and I’ll show you what you really believe.” The message of John the Baptist was strong and clear, “Repent!” “You...
One event. That’s pretty much all we know from the Scripture concerning the first 30 years of his life. Therefore that one event that Luke records must be significant. And it’s not so much the event perhaps as it is the first words that he spoke. Or...
Can you imagine getting raped by your hero? I hope you can’t. Unfortunately I know there are those out there who can. And then to have your husband murdered by the man who raped you who up until that event had been your hero? Then to have a son by that man...
I was thinking earlier today that something that must have been beyond painful was for Jesus to look down and see the utter grief and despair of his mother. The road of obedience and his purpose in life caused excruciating pain to the one on earth he most loved. And...
