various 1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God;but if we love one another,God lives in usand his love is made complete in us. That is an amazing verse. John Stott points out in his commentary on the letters of John that the phrase, No one has ever seen God, is found also at the…
Colossians 1:15-20 Time is moving quickly. I feel like the person in a movie who has to cut one of two wires so the bomb does not explode. Which wire to cut, the blue one or the red one? I cut the blue wire and now the timer has sped up. I preach today and…
various Why do we celebrate Easter? What is Easter about? We know the answer to this. Jesus died on the cross, taking the price for our sin on himself. He died and was buried in the tomb and the followers of Jesus were in despair. Their leader, their hope, their future was dead. Jesus died…
Luke 10:1-24Anyone who has had a ministry of discipleship knows that it is not easy. Not everyone who starts out wanting to be discipled stays with the program. People sometimes find it too difficult and settle for a less rigorous faith. Some get distracted by temptations. Others drift off into strange theologies. Are we the…
Like 15:1-10Did Jesus ever laugh? In traditional pictures of Jesus he is portrayed as somber, serious, unsmiling. We know from the gospels that Jesus experienced a full range of emotions. At times he was exhausted and needed to get away from the crowds that came to him. He expressed anger at injustice in the temple…