A long time ago, when I was just starting out in ministry, a friend faced a crisis in his life. Like many of us, I had no idea what to say or how to be with him as he sobbed and cried out to God. And so I wasn’t. I left him to face his […]
I was speaking with a friend recently about typical opinion that the God of the New Testament is a God of grace as shown in Jesus Christ, while the God of the Old Testament is a God of rules and wrath as shown through the Law and Prophets. I mentioned that some find it easy […]
As Stephen stood before the crowd that would eventually kill him, he had one last chance to convince them that Jesus was truly the Messiah for whom they had been waiting. And so he reminded them of their identity. He took them back to the beginning, to Abraham. And as he traced their history, he […]
As Stephen stood before the crowd that would eventually kill him, he had one last chance to convince them that Jesus was truly the Messiah for whom they had been waiting. And so he reminded them of their identity. He took them back to the beginning, to Abraham. And as he traced their history, he […]
God had commanded His people to care for the orphans and widows, and this new movement, called The Way by some, which based itself on following Jesus Christ, sought to obey this law. But they did so based on the lenses they had developed, been given, grown up with. They cared for the Jewish widows […]