Scripture Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! — Psalm 120:5 (ESV) Devotional As a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry “Woe is me.” Jesus did not pray that you … Read more
Who do you say that He is when someone says Paul invented the faith — or when the church itself starts saying, “I follow Paul”? Paul is witness, not founder. Christ is the center.
Scripture You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. — Leviticus 19:36 (ESV) Devotional Weights, and scales, and measures were to be all according to the standard of justice. Surely no Christian man will … Read more
Theotokos. That is the word. In English: God-bearer, or Mother of God. This title is about Jesus — a fence around His person, not a detour into Mary-worship.
Who do you say that He is when a culture learns to call the sacrifice of its children an option — or a right? Dignity is not conferred by wantedness. Dignity is the image of God, bestowed.
Who do you say that He is when the state — or the culture around it — calls death medicine? Dignity is not control of the exit. Dignity is belonging to the One who already holds your times.
Scripture Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” — Mark 1:41 (ESV) Devotional Primeval darkness heard the Almighty fiat, “light be,” and straightway light was, and the word of the Lord Jesus is equal in majesty to that ancient word of power. Redemption … Read more
You are not a soul trapped in a leftover body. The body is not the sinner. The person sins. The Son assumed the whole man, so the whole man is healed.
Have you ever noticed how quickly we turn a teacher into a team? A name gets said in a room — Calvin, Luther, Augustine — and the air changes. Someone puts the name on like a jersey. Someone else takes the opposite side of the same name. Before long we are not asking what the … Read more
Scripture The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. — Psalm 11:5 (ESV) Devotional All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God’s … Read more
