1. Excerpt #1 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
  2. Is the serpent in Genesis 3 just a snake or Satan? Does the Hebrew refer to "the satan" or "Satan"? And does it make a difference? Let's take a look at the Old Testament, early Jewish literature, and the New Testament for the answers.
  3. Meeting the crown prince is one thing; meeting God in the flesh, as the Light of the Gentiles and the Savior of the world is another.
  4. Love turns out to be not simply a thing or action, but a characteristic of God himself.
  5. Moses was sent to keep the house in order, but this Child is sent to bring the house home, and you are part of that house, the household of God.
  6. He also took our own history and suffered all the agony and pain of our own lives.
  7. Each week during this year’s Advent series, we will take a look at a specific implication of Christ’s incarnation. This week, we will discover how God reaffirms the goodness of his creation by making all things new in the incarnation.
  8. The Word of Yahweh is not a trifling thing that can be visited only when it’s convenient. It’s a book of life, for all of life, that imparts life to those who believe in it and the God of it.
  9. That's how true faith talks. It doesn't talk about itself. It says "Thank you!" to the one who gives healing and salvation.
  10. Look the judge in the eye and pin your sin on Jesus, the divine judge’s son. Jesus knows you can’t do it, so he trades places with you and pits himself against God’s righteous demands.
  11. We won’t use the right words, but the Holy Spirit is interceding with and for us, as we pray.
  12. Our experience with good fathers – even when they are not our own – can point us to God the Father.