The Parable of Poor Lazarus & the Rich Man. From Luke 16 where Jesus addresses the Pharisees. A shout out to Tim Keller for his insight into this parable. This story is a focus on how the rich man’s worldview, how he sees life, how he understands his priorities,...
We’ve all heard the stats on how fatherlessness is plaguing our society. 1 in 4 children in the US not having a biological, step or adoptive father in the household. Children without fathers are more at risk for numerous challenges such as 4x more likely to go into...
Resurrection Sunday! Arguably the most celebrated day in Christendom. It’s a day of victory and elation. A day to reflect on God’s grace for us and the power He wields to resurrect us even as Jesus is resurrected. Good Friday becomes Good because of the resurrection!...
There’s a great bit of preaching by the Scottish pastor Alistair Begg about the criminal on the cross next to Jesus. You’ve probably seen it. If you haven’t you should google it. It’s so good. He has a comical take on that criminal’s arrival into heaven and the...
It’s Good Friday. Good… Friday. But it was a hard day. It was the most difficult day in Jesus' short life as a human on this earth. To understand the full impact of Good Friday I think it’s helpful to know that, for Jesus, it started on what we would call Thursday...
“Why are you sleeping?” Jesus said to his disciples when he was on the mount preparing for the upcoming trial of his life. I wonder, how often does Jesus say this to me? When we are not paying attention to what is going on around us, are we not sleeping on the job? I...
I woke up conflicted this morning. My morning devo started with a great lesson on how our attitudes and internal struggles can many times appear even when we least expect them to. For example, when I am with a friend, I still tend to struggle with my ego and want to...
I find it fascinating how a simple sentence can have so many different meanings, especially in written form when you can’t tell what the emphasis is on. Take this title for example; “what are you striving for?” If the emphasis were on the “what” then your focus would...
When we see a stain glass window, we look at how beautiful they are. We look at the intricacies of how they are made, the craftmanship to put them together. Stain glass window are unbelievably valuable. Let us look closer at a stain glass window. There are broken...