Faith, for Peter, is not suspended in religious abstraction. It is tied to something that happened in time and space.
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02/13/26
Baptism does not promise us chocolates or flowers, but something far greater: life in Christ.
02/11/26
The Promised Land invites us to laugh at how relatable it is to be exhausted and exasperated by all the people, and the egos and opinions they bring with them, that come with living.
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01/10/18
We are dangerously good at focusing on our exciting, or boring, walk of faith.
01/09/18
Only the poor are in need of a Savior, and only the dead need faith, hope, and love delivered to them by the hand of the Almighty.
01/04/18
While I was still an over-eager seminarian the professor warned me, “Mr. Riley, this is exciting stuff.
01/04/18
Freedom from the Law does not come through personal perfection, it comes through Jesus Christ. The answer is not a better you, but a you who is united to God through Christ.
01/03/18
Only a god could be wise. We are seekers, lovers of divine wisdom, but it is forever beyond our grasp due to human limitation.
12/31/17
Jesus tears down every “but” that people try to build between us and God. He died and rose for us, and—not but—He makes Himself our Lord and Savior.
12/29/17
Even now we sing as we live in His gifts, and await His second Advent—His second-coming.
12/26/17
The text says there was no room for them. And this should give us cause for a little head-scratching.
12/20/17
A friend of mine recently expressed to me his rather unique thoughts on Narcissus.
12/15/17
She was the kind of woman in whom I see myself, in whom thousands of us see our own reflections. So often our lives seem pointless, a vain existence in a world that worships vanity.
12/13/17
What comes to us at Christmas is not a great seasonal bargain to enhance our happy holidays. It is the priceless gift of God’s Son.
12/11/17
Christ rose from the grave so that the eternal Light of Christ would be your forever identity.
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