This ancient “tale of two mothers” concerns far more than theological semantics—it is the difference between a God who sends and a God who comes.
12/10/25
This story points us from our unlikely heroes to the even more unlikely, and joyous, good news that Jesus’ birth for us was just as unlikely and unexpected.
12/09/25
Was Jesus ambitious or unambitious? We have to say that the answer is…yes.
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07/03/23
The Holy Spirit unleashes his power through us, his vines, and we then get to watch as his fruits blossom and ripen.
06/27/23
The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
06/20/23
It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
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06/12/23
The Lord’s Prayer is liturgy and catechism, action and instruction, praxis and theology.
06/08/23
Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
06/07/23
God cares about our real life where we actually are. He is present in the everyday.
06/01/23
When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
05/23/23
Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
05/02/23
Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
04/26/23
As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
04/25/23
What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
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