God Pursues Us, But Do We Notice? When God calls people to him, some come and others run away As the prophet Hosea wraps up his writings, he gives us some insight into the heart of God. He writes that the more God called his people, the more they...
Which is More Important, Good Friday or Easter? Should Christians focus on worshiping Jesus who suffered or Jesus who rose from the dead? As we move through Lent and approach Holy Week we anticipate a series of significant days: Palm Sunday...
Another Way to Give to God What are the ramifications when we are kind to the poor? The book of Proverbs, most of which is written by King Solomon, reels off a list of pithy one-liners. Such is the passage for today’s reading. One that captured...
Do We Need to Listen to a Lecture Each Sunday at Church? Can you have a church service without hearing a preacher speak? Will you try? My wife and I recently visited a church. Though we didn’t know it before we walked in, their service would be...
Does God Accept Your Prayers? Job prays for his misguided friends who criticize him, and God accepts his prayers The book of Job is dialogue sandwiched between the story’s prelude and epilogue. The prelude, or premise, is that Job will...
Love is the Answer—And the Question Doesn’t Matter We need to love people who are different from us, just like Jesus did Last night I had a dream, the kind you remember when you wake, the unsettling sort that you can’t shake. Even as I sit...
Sometimes the Best Thing to Say is Nothing When Job’s friends try to comfort him, their words only deepen his distress The Bible tells the story of Job, how Satan took everything from him: his possessions, his children, and his health. Left in...
Why We Need a New Vision for Sunday School Designed to teach illiterate kids to read, Sunday School needs to reclaim its vision of community service Quick, what is the purpose of Sunday School? Your answer is likely that Sunday School is intended...
Should We Confess the Sins of Our Nation? Daniel reads the scriptures, fasts, and prays, confessing the sins of his people When I think of praying, confessing my faults to God is not the first thing that comes to mind. And when I am convicted of...
Church is a Verb—or at Least it Should Be Stop thinking of church as a place you attend but as actions to pursue Yes, I know that linguistically church is not a verb. A verb indicates action; it shows movement. Church falls in the noun category...
