A church in hiding cannot love opponents of the gospel. A church embroiled in battle cannot either. Paul proclaims a third rail. Engage opponents with... Read More
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
Paul and Timothy’s lives were dramatically reordered by the gospel. Paul longs for Timothy to prepare the church for this kind of radical life of sa... 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
How could God ask Abraham to kill his own son? To help us see how much our redemption cost God. It cost God something to secure our freedom from the p... 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 is marked by righteous judgment and staggering mercy. This is good news since sin is our greatest enemy. It entraps our hearts. It infects our rel... 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
God’s people are still blessed to be a blessing; recipients of God’s salvation so that we might proclaim His salvation. But instead of living in a... Read More
