1. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  2. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  3. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  4. The nefarious thing about idolatry is that just about anything can become your idol: career, family, fame, wealth, status, spouse, you name it, any good thing can become a ‘god-thing” with ease. 
  5. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  6. In Memory of My Friend, James Arne Nestingen
  7. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  8. To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
  9. A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.
  10. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  11. If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
  12. God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.