Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. (John 13:23) Who is the disciple Jesus loves? The gospel of Jo...

Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. (Matthew 6:9) Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.” But wha...

Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself Like a little weaned child with its mother; I am like a little child. (Psalm 131:2 HCSB ) There...

So I say, “It is my sorrow That the right hand of the Most High has changed.” (Psalm 77:10 HCSB ) The psalm writer has been in a severe ti...

Your steadfast love is great to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds. (Psalm 57:10 ESV ) David was in a tight spot. He wrote this ...

Happy is one who cares for the poor; The LORD will save him in a day of adversity. (Psalm 41:1 HCSB ) These are days of adversity for many...

Do not be agitated by evildoers; Do not envy those who do wrong. For they wither quickly like grass And wilt like tender green plants. (...

Read Part 1 Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27) King Jesus the Messiah is the Word who became flesh and tabernacled among u...

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and tr...

Part 1 | Part 2 They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?” (John 1:38). The Greek wor...

Kingdom of God, come! Will of God, be done one earth as it is in heaven! (Matthew 6:10, my paraphrase) This is how Jesus taught His disciple...

Part 1 | Part 3 They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?” (John 1:38). Two disciples...

Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following said to them, “What do you seek?” (John 1:38) One day, two disciples of John the Baptist heard ...

Bearing God’s image is not just a fact, it is a vocation. ~ N. T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus God created man in His image and to be lik...

Recently (last night, in fact), a friend of mine posted this quote on a forum I frequent: On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside t...

The Ascension and Pentecost join heaven and earth together. ~ N. T. Wright This was a comment Wright made recently at the 19th annual theol...

LORD, happy is the man you discipline  and teach from Your law To give him relief from troubled times  until a pit is dug for the wicked....

Yesterday, we looked at Proverbs 11:24-26, the comparison between those who are openhanded with their resources and those who are close-fist...

There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty. (Proverbs 11:2...

In Jeremiah, God describes the judgment that was about to fall on the nation of Judah because the people had turned away from Him and put th...