The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (John 10:10-11) I had my head down trudging along a jogging path while worrying about a church problem. Then,…

In an age of shamelessness, “You don’t shamelessly flaunt your sins as if they weren’t a problem…But you can boast in what a great God has done to cancel that debt on the cross.”

In an age of inclusivity, “Unconditional election is ultimately about the character of God…It’s good news that draws us out of confusion and doubt toward trust and worship of the One who has given himself to us—freely, fully, personally—in Jesus.”

Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. (Mark 10:21-22) To love God with…

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures . . . He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. (Acts 18:24,…

In an age of victimization, “Our response to the depravity and evil around us should therefore not be that of despair but of action and hope, participating in God’s kingdom purposes as agents of reconciliation.”

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Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (Eph. 4:31-32) The story made headlines in Christian media. In post-apartheid South Africa, a frail black woman stood in a…

Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. (Matt. 20:26-28) Many people unconsciously expect their church to serve…