Reading:  John 6 The opening scene of John 6, the “feeding of the 5,000,” results in…

“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and…

A few years ago, in one weekend, I had two paradoxical experiences. The first, on Saturday…

Reading: Genesis 11:1-9 Babel, also translated Babylon, shows up in Genesis and continues through the course…

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”…

In a consumerist age, a believer’s call to Christian sexuality is a call to resistance. This…

Reading: Matthew 4:8-11 This third temptation of Jesus is the offer of “all that glitters” and…

Reading: Matthew 4:5-7 Christ’s wilderness testing can teach us much during this current pandemic. The things…

Reading: Matthew 4:1-11 In the previous post, I noted that Christ’s wilderness testing in the Gospels…

Reading: Matthew 4:1-11 Christ’s wilderness testing in the Gospels (as well as Israel’s in Deuteronomy 6—8),…

Reading:  Matthew 17:1-21 While Peter, James, and John are up on a mountain seeing Jesus in…

Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will…

Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world,…

“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you…

Have you ever had one of those moments when you are reading something you’ve read a…