Daily Archives: January 21, 2024

When God's people evaluate themselves in light of the reality of God himself, they are forced to confront, at the same time, the cavernous depth of their human failures, and…

Human conceptions of the universe are limited by their need to reduce everything into a localized and egocentric system; and when they try to understand God's ways through this paradigm,…

The very identity of the Church flows from the essential reality that we are in Christ Jesus; joined to him in an actual, perpetual, and spiritual union that fundamentally transforms…

In the beginning was the Word, the logos: he who is the personal expression of everything the father is; not born in time through an act of will, but begotten…

How does my Identity in Christ inform my expectations? The Mongols were a bold and warlike people. They could ride for days on end through cold and desert, subsisting on…

The goodness of God is a reality that is experienced in the soul and produces a profound, life altering fear of God. The goodness of God is a reality that…

While Jesus walked the earth, there was a common proverb: "physician, heal thyself." It expresses a genuine human prejudice that the best judge of someone's abilities or advice is how…

The book of Hosea is a shocking depiction of the sin of Israel, and an astounding testament to the boundless love of God. Hosea is a love story, but not…

The Sun radiates, it’s in its nature to do so. It is not something it does deliberately, but the sun, in being the sun, radiates light and heat throughout the…

Almost two and a half years ago, I preached to God's people for the last time. I quickly realized that preaching was my single greatest earthly joy as well as…