The image of coming out of death into life is the unavoidable core message of the Christian faith. It’s illustrated by biblical contrasts like the darkness and the light, the old and the new, the...
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Reflection Questions: John 9 from 30,000 Feet
Apr 28 2024
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Reflection Questions: How to Heal the Blind (Introduction to John 9)
Apr 21 2024
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Reflection Questions: The Father of the Lie and the Great ‘I AM’ (John 8.44-59)
Apr 14 2024
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Reflection Questions: The ‘Sons of the Kingdom’ and the ‘Sons of the Evil One’ (John 8.44)
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November 2017
November 2017
“Following” Jesus is synonymous with “obeying” Jesus. To follow is to obey, and obeying involves a long series of decisions that I make to glorify God by laying my life, my preferences, and my desires...
It sounds like a paradox. It’s one of the most difficult verses in the New Testament to wrap our minds around. It’s disarmingly simple, yet deeper than the deepest ocean. “Whoever wants to save his...
All of us have inadequacies. Many of us have insecurities. Perhaps you feel like you’re unimportant to the Kingdom of God, that there’s little you can do that will matter for God. Perhaps you feel...
So, Jesus tells a story. It’s a story about a “man” who’s going away for a time, but is coming back. He calls His servants and entrusts to them...
Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. He asked His disciples to pray that the “Lord of the Harvest” would send workers into the field. He’s the woman in the parable who sweeps...
November 2017