Think Different. Live Different. – “True Inheritance”
The inheritors of the world are not those on Forbes' list of the 500 richest men, and they ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “True Religion”
Often we think of the Christian life in a stained-glass-window way, where everyone is perfect and moral. Today ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “True Happiness”
Paul tells us to go to the greatest king of all time, David, an amazing man who wrote ...
Think Different. Live Different. “The Gift”
Paul is putting two approaches in justaposition against each other. He is trying to dramatize the uniqueness of ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “Abraham,” Part 2
A lot of people think of faith as just a passive belief. Paul says we should look at ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “Abraham,” Part 1
The most difficult people to reach are not the disadvantaged or the poor, for they do not find ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “Faith,” Part 2
There is a tendency for us to become experts as a way for us to avoid practicing what ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “Faith,” Part 1
What is the difference beween a boaster and a proclaimer? A boaster puffs up; a proclaimer reaches out. ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “Justification”
Paul puts the message of justification so prominently here in his writing to the Romans because he viewed ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “The Cross”
In our world of deep suffering and tragedy, how can we believe that God is loving and good? ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “Grace,” Part 2
Moses' face when he saw the glory of God at Mount Horeb was shining, and yet it repelled ...
Think Different. Live Different. – “Grace,” Part 1
The concepts of sin and being justified by grace as a gift have all become too familiar, like ...
Prophet of Hope: Not Giving Up, Part 2
The person who trusts in the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ cannot give up on ...
Prophet of Hope: Not Giving Up, Part 1
God will not give up on us because he is jealous for our good. He has a covenant ...
Prophet of Hope: Cursing and Blessing, Part 2
You can't even understand the good news in the Bible if you don't understand the bad news first. ...
Prophet of Hope: Cursing and Blessing, Part 1
Zechariah's visions were striking; he struggled to be taken seriously. The same can sometimes be true for preachers ...
Prophet of Hope: Not by Might, Nor by Power, Part 2
We reason that the possibility of us making any real difference with our lives is so minimal. We ...
Prophet of Hope: Not by Might, Nor by Power, Part 1
We seem to have an appetite for movies that depict special powers and muscular brawn defeating evil. That ...
Prophet of Hope: God Disturbs the Comfortable and Comforts the Disturbed, Part 2
Perhaps you're feeling that God has lost sight of you. Perhaps you're frustrated that others who you know ...
Prophet of Hope: God Disturbs the Comfortable and Comforts the Disturbed, Part 1
The Israelites are back in the Promised Land, but are they returning to their bad habits? God sends ...
Prophet of Hope: Return to the Lord and He Will Return to You, Part 2
We get this totally the wrong way around. The greatest blessing we can have is God, not what ...