Paul longs for Timothy to endure in the unbound gospel. To withstand hardship and bear up under persecution. To do this Timothy must be strong in the ... Read More
All of us need to learn how to habitually reframe our lives. We are all either building a discouraging frame of reference laced with half-truths and n... Read More
No matter how grave your situation may feel or even be, in this passage God offers us the reminder of His providence–the gracious effecting of H... Read More
To laugh is “to make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometime... Read More
God promises, once again, that elderly Abraham and Sarah will give birth to a son. “That’s Impossible!” we might say. But we will see in this pa... Read More
What does it mean to be blessed? In the face of our own greed and the world’s temptation to define blessing by wealth and possessions, the theme of ... Read More
Where do Christians turn when we’re paralyzed by doubt? How do we help others struggling with doubt? In this text, we encounter an example of doubt ... Read More
This passage, Isaiah 11, helps each of us to understand at the deepest level who we are. But even more importantly, it tells us who the Messiah is, as... Read More
Colossians 4:7–18 is the closing of a letter that Paul wrote in chains. He introduces us to ten people–each with a story. Together they form a... Read More
God entrusted this mystery of His gospel–the gospel of His Son Jesus Christ–to the apostle Paul, the letter’s author, to proclaim to the... Read More
