Jesus was baptized, demonstrating him to be the beloved of God with the authority of God. We can only understand Jesus rightly by seeing him at this place of beginning, by seeing him in relation to God, not only as God’s child, but as his beloved child. Like him, we also are baptized. At the […]
Ezekiel was in exile with his fellow Israelites. They were cut off from their temple, their farms, their relatives, their friends. They were surrounded by an alien way of life and taunted by their captors. Is there anything worse than feeling hopeless? The feelings these people experienced are described in Ezekiel 37, and they are […]
“We’re not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We’ll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way.” Read Hebrews 10 from The Message. >> Is there an area of your life that feels hard at the moment? March is a month that shines a spotlight on faithfulness. Even the word march sparks visions of […]
Isaiah confronted the people’s idea that God’s power had shrunk and withered. They felt overwhelmed by a world that was too big for them and their God. They were far from their homeland, but in two generations they had come to terms with their conquerors. Now there were rumors of a new power rising in […]
In 1 Corinthians 7, we see all these married and unmarried people asking Paul for counsel. Should I get married? Should I get divorced? Paul took seriously the actual conditions of people’s lives and gave the best counsel he possibly could. He worked hard at helping them. The gospel is never indifferent to what’s going […]
