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13 mins read|03/05/23Nicodemus remained silent. He stopped talking. He stopped asking questions. And he listened. He simply listened to Jesus. It was his smartest move yet.
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13 mins read|03/19/22The thrill of God’s grace fades and the slow march toward the cross dulls the heart. At such times, the former life beckons. Temptations to return grow strong. Which makes Lent such an important annual exercise.
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13 mins read|03/13/22The vinedresser refused to give up on his unfruitful tree. He put himself between it and the judgment it deserved, serving as mediator and caretaker.
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10 mins read|03/06/22Jesus' course led from death into life, as He had promised. And He promises to lead us on that same course from death to life, from lament to joy.
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12 mins read|02/26/22As the greater and more faithful Son of God, Jesus did what the Israelites could not do. Neither can we.
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11 mins read|02/21/21Make no mistake, the life to which Jesus is calling His disciples is radically other than what our world preaches.
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12 mins read|02/14/21This forty-day season of preparation for Easter is an opportunity for the people of God to rededicate themselves to hearing and responding to Jesus’ call to repent.
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9 mins read|04/07/19It’s the following that caught my attention this week. It seems especially appropriate to consider this Sunday, for Holy Week is designed to help Christians follow Jesus through his last and consequential days.
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9 mins read|03/31/19What he says in this parable has significance for us today, and needs to be preached. But the application is not direct and therefore should be done carefully.
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12 mins read|03/24/19The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a familiar story. This creates a challenge for the preacher.
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11 mins read|03/17/19We’re tempted to try and connect the dots. Something bad happens to someone and we can’t help but wonder about the cause. Even if we don’t say it out loud, we are tempted to think they must have done something to deserve it. They must be guilty of something. God must be punishing them for something we don’t know about. But Jesus stops this thinking in its tracks.
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10 mins read|03/10/19I don’t think the people of Jerusalem designed to reject God. They didn’t wake up one day and decide that, instead of listening to God, they would make it their mission to kill him. They were deceived. Blinded. Deluded by sin and its author. As a result, they were unable and unwilling to hear the Word of the Lord.
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