Whether it was a great monster, leviathan, fish, or whale The nasty beast carried him off into a living hell. Within its belly for three terrifying dark days Jonah there learned to sing of God’s praise. Not in the lesson
Take a Seat
How was his posture up on the stone? Having unhinged and rolled it all on his own. No pride, or boasting, or posturing for self glory, for he knew he was a servant to the Author of the story. Was
Broken, Cast Out, Restored
In the beginning, God created. Yet the pinnacle of creation devastated the relation of man with Creator by listening rather to the original hater. A twist of truth, a hint of deceit, was all it took to unplant the feet
Hostility Embraced, Only by Grace
“Merry Christmas” was not made possible without a Savior embracing a world in hostile hate against Him. What is Christmas if it is not the greatest expression of enemies being won over by love? When I say enemies, I mean
What Does it Mean to have Christ in Christmas?
After reading a sign yesterday, Sophie asked me: What does it mean to put Christ back in Christmas? We briefly discussed the confusion of X in the ABCs and X in Greek etc.(that’s as far as my Greek
This Is Our Narrative (T.I.O.N.)
As I was thinking about Advent and how God’s people in the Old Testament anticipated the coming of Christ for thousands of years, I was reminded of God’s story, or “HiStory” as it has been said. In Christ we are
The Servants Name was Malchus
A poem inspired from reading John 18:1-14, Luke 22:51. May we hear and see God’s love and hear His voice. The first ears were made in the garden of Eden. How appropriately awesome for Jesus to “grow” another in this
What does it mean to be poor in spirit?
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 May we see that we are spiritually bankrupt if we don’t have Jesus. It is clear that being poor in spirit is not about appearing poor in
RICH: the reality of encountering Jesus
In this short 117 page book, Peter Dickson and David Gibson offer sharp and dangerous commentary on nine+ passages from the book of Luke. Sharp because the short chapters cut precisely into the meat of the meaning of what Luke
“I’ll take it from here.” Not a good idea.
How do you seek change? How can and will we be changed? Do we even see clearly that we need changing or are we falsely satisfied with our dependence on church attendance, bible studies, and spiritual disciplines as we neglect