Be Righteous
Be Righteous Have you ever met a famous person who you really admired? Maybe you got starstruck and said something dumb. Have you ever wondered what would happen if that person showed up at your house? There’s a story in the Bible about a guy named Zacchaeus who wanted to see Jesus. By this time in…
Waiting on Jesus
Waiting on Jesus Because God is an eternal being who lives outside of time and space, we cannot believe in God without believing he is capable of supernatural activity. It is tempting to explain away the stories found in the Bible by pointing to potential scientific explanations of supernatural events, but the key events of…
Childlike Humility
Childlike Humility For most of human history, the firstborn son has received the birthright from their families. Kings gave their crowns and fathers gave control of their homes to their firstborn sons, but God consistently breaks the rules of this cultural norm. God regularly elevated the second-born son. He elevated Abel over Cain, Isaac over…
Open the Doors
Open the Doors Penn Jillette, the famous magician, once recorded a video criticizing Christians who do not proselytize. The video went viral, and the reason so many people watched it was because Penn Jillette is an outspoken atheist. Why would an atheist criticize Christians who don’t try to convince him and other atheists that they…
The Lies We Feel
The Lies We Feel Jesus harped on one sin more than any other, the sin of pride. Jesus invites us to humble ourselves before God and receive His gift of grace rather than working to achieve salvation through our own goodness to bolster our pride. Jesus surrounded Himself with people who recognized their need for…
Give Attention
Give Attention Selfishness is our default attitude. When a baby is born, she focuses all her attention on her needs. She is as needy as a person can be. She is completely reliant on the love of someone else for her health and safety. However, as she experiences the love of others, she learns the…
His Glory and Grace
His Glory and Grace Moses is a great hero of the Jewish and Christian faiths because of his ability, through the power of God, to deliver the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. He lived a long life and eventually died at Mount Nebo, in the wilderness of Jordan. Although Moses was a great man of…
Don’t Be A Satan
Don’t Be a Satan There were many times that Jesus told people not to tell others about things He had said and done. He did this because He was not yet ready to go public with His ministry. Jesus knew that announcing who He was would begin His journey to the cross, and the bloody…