1. It isn’t that God struggles to believe our repeated cries of “wolf.” Rather, we struggle to believe God when he repeatedly comes to us with forgiveness and mercy on his lips.
  2. Jesus lives to intercede. So we needn’t bring him our feigned righteousness or our faux rehabilitation.
  3. Jesus is better than all the politicians. He fulfills all his campaign promises. In fact, he’s willing to die to complete His work of redemption.
  4. If Christmas is about Jesus, and it definitely is, then the real question should be: What’s Jesus all about?
  5. Begin thinking of your church as a homeless shelter. See how it changes the way you see the weary pilgrim sitting in the pew next to you.
  6. My earliest memory of seeing a cartoonist drawing of Adam and Eve was in the waiting room at the pediatrician’s office. I probably had the flu. Sitting with my mom- I was waiting for the nurse to come and call our name. Also, I was hoping that I wouldn’t get a shot.
  7. I love the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. So much is communicated in those few verses.
  8. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.” We hear those words on the lips of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. But, too often we misunderstand what he’s saying.
  9. Have you ever invited someone over to your house? Most of us have either invited someone into our homes for supper.
  10. We’re all familiar with the “outrage” in our culture about the trend in youth sports to award “participation trophies.”
  11. How should we read Paul, ya’ll? Why reading the Bible like a Southerner makes sense of confusing passages.
  12. Well, it is springtime! Just as you can always expect flowers to begin blooming, the days getting a little longer and everyone’s mood getting a little brighter, there’s something else you can always expect this time of the year.