Reading: Titus 2:11–13 Over the past month, we have walked through the season of Advent with our eyes set on Jesus. We’ve seen that God promised long ago that he would send a Savior to save his people from their sin. Throughout the...
Reading: Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16 Walking around in your home at night with the lights off isn’t fun, especially if you have kids who leave small toys everywhere. The number of injuries I’ve sustained from Legos, baby toys, and door...
Reading: 1 Timothy 1:15 “Jesus came to die for sinners.”That statement is so fundamentally true for Christians that it is easy to agree and keep moving. In 1 Timothy 1:15, Paul chooses to slow down and add “of whom I am the...
Reading: John 1:1-18, Revelation 21:1-8 Have you ever wondered what life after Jesus’ resurrection was like for someone like the Apostle John? He witnessed miracles that were unheard of: the lame could walk, the blind could see, the deaf...
Reading: 1 John 3:8 Many people love action and adventure stories. There are plenty out there, but many of them follow the same rhythm. There’s a hero who is skilled, strong, and capable fighting against enormous odds to defeat a villain...
Reading: Luke 19:10; Ezekiel 34:16 Chances are, you will receive multiple Christmas cards this year that picture a shepherd on them. Perhaps there is no other Christmas image that connects with our heart than that of a shepherd. In the Luke...
Reading: John 10:10 Do you look for special and unique gifts for those on your Christmas shopping list? Perhaps your Christmas mission is to find something special for that special someone. If so, isn’t it fun to see a...
Reading: 1 Peter 1:6–8 When we think about Advent, Christmas time, we typically think about the first coming of Jesus. But Advent simply means waiting. When we talk about the season of Advent, we look back to the incarnation, but we also...
Reading: 1 Peter 5:7 I remember the look that my now wife gave me when I naively told her “don’t be stressed…” as she was studying frantically for her statistics final in college. There was more I wanted to say in that...
Reading: Romans 8:31-39 The love of God.What an overwhelming thought. To be loved so intently by the King of all Kings. If we are honest with ourselves, we will often try and define God’s love through the lens of our own broken experiences...
