(and full of Glory) Paul may have been the first Jesus follower to be tutored one-on-one by God. Imagine all he received in that intense period of extreme makeover!…
For the Apostle Paul, the death of a path to certain success and acclaim was a necessary step in leaving behind his upwardly mobile lifestyle in exchange for a life…
The Apostle Paul is a man wholehearted in all his ways. Earlier in his life, he was wholeheartedly committed to annihilating the growing church of Jesus Christ, convinced it was…
Saul, the Synagogue’s ‘bad boy’ and Judaism’s rising star, was fired up for a mission. His intent? Arrest, imprison and have killed, all members of the seditious new sect elevating…
Salvation’s provisions have been completed. Jesus’ glory has been revealed. Instructions for life and ministry have been lined out. Holy Spirit teaching and encouragement and correction are ongoing. Promises of…
Jesus chose diminishment for our flourishing. His mission was divine love at its human best. He epitomized sublime servanthood and elevated downward mobility to the holiest of lifestyles. His determined…
In Jesus’ day, Jews anticipated the arrival of a militant, conquering hero, aka Messiah, to restore the political entity, aka kingdom, to Israel. Jesus, the true Messiah, came to guide…
With the greatest sense of urgency, Mark’s Gospel account was the first writing to introduce the reading world to an extraordinarily average-looking, exceedingly unpretentious, man, yet one who came bearing…
Scripture talks of spiritual blindness, the inability to discern Truth as Jesus presented it. We sing, ‘Open the Eyes of my Heart, Lord’ in acknowledgement of the grandeur of the…
We are the redeemed, the born again, the called-out ones, the forgiven, God’s Beloved, the co-heirs with Christ, the alive forevermore ones. In all this, we say Amen! to those…
