For the Israelites, the journey from being slaves in Egypt to possessors of their own land in Canaan was long and fraught with detours and temptations. So, too, our journey…
1 Samuel 7:12 When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. And when the Israelites heard of it,…
God is holy, pure, exacting, perfect love. He cannot tolerate the presence of anything less. (He declared no one could see His face and live. Ex. 33:20). The calamitous introduction…
Around 25 years after Paul’s Damascus roadside meetup with Jesus, he continued in his passionate pursuit of the Lover of his soul. His life was wholly dedicated to announcing the…
Adam sealed our fate, getting us ousted from Eden’s God-light, and getting us dumped off as exiles in the darkness and pain and toil of a cold, unwelcoming world. Our…
As disciples of Jesus, today, in the 21st Century, we are embarrassingly well provided for. While we hear Jesus’ words; “Apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5, NLT.…
God’s Plan ‘A’ calls us to be disciples, or apprentices, of Jesus, ambassadors of reconciliation, telling of, and living out loud, the love we’ve received to people the world over.…
-our confidence- Some of Jesus’ last words to the disciples were: ‘you will receive power.’ And so, on the day of Pentecost, Peter, ready-fire-aim Peter, mouth-engaged-before-brain Peter, stood before several…
