Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it. Why can’t we ever just be content? It seems like as a species, we always want more. We’re in slavery, and all we want is our freedom. We get our freedom and all we want is our promised land. We get to our […]
“Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” This thought from Ps. 119 reflects a theme that runs through both the Old and New Testaments. Light permeates the scriptures from the first words of Genesis to the last chapter of Revelation. In the Numbers text today we hear about […]
Have you ever had a time in your spiritual life where saying, “I love you” to God just didn’t seem like enough? Like “Thank you” and “I’m sorry”, “I love you” sometimes seems too small for the size of the emotion we feel toward God. This has been so since the earliest days of our […]
When the last plague struck Egypt, every firstborn son in the entire land was marked for destruction. However, God gave His grace and showed the Israelites, His people, the key to their redemption – the blood of a lamb on the doorposts. With this sign, the angel passed over the home, sparing the firstborn. However, […]
As you read Mark’s gospel, watch the role of the crowds. Earlier in the gospel, it’s the crowds that block a paralyzed man from being brought to Jesus. Instead, his friends have to tear apart the roof to lower their friend down to the healing presence of Jesus. Even in Luke’s gospel, it is the […]