Discover Jesus This Christmas
Luke 1:26-38: If we get used to the story of Christmas, we can miss how extraordinary the whole ...
Prophet of Hope: God Disturbs the Comfortable and Comforts the Disturbed, Part 2
Zechariah 1:7-17: Perhaps you're feeling that God has lost sight of you. Perhaps you're frustrated that others who ...
Prophet of Hope: God Disturbs the Comfortable and Comforts the Disturbed, Part 1
Zechariah 1:7-17: The Israelites are back in the Promised Land, but are they returning to their bad habits? ...
Prophet of Hope: Return to the Lord and He Will Return to You, Part 2
Zechariah 1:1-6: We get this totally the wrong way around. The greatest blessing we can have is God, ...
Prophet of Hope: Return to the Lord and He Will Return to You, Part 1
Zechariah 1:1-6: Zechariah is an important book that can speak into someone's situation when they're feeling a little ...
Song of Songs: A Provocative Gospel #5
Intimacy in marriage is God's means of protecting the relationship—it's defensive warfare and it will keep you together. ...
Song of Songs: A Provocative Gospel #4
The distance and loss of real intimacy in marriage seems very difficult to solve. Ultimately the loss of ...
Song of Songs: A Provocative Gospel #3
You cannot interpret this passage without tackling King Solomon. He's sort of a hero figure here, but isn't ...
Song of Songs: A Provocative Gospel #2
Beware of the toothpaste-tube fallacy—going from a small thing (what's the right way to roll up the tube) ...
Song of Songs: A Provocative Gospel #1
Song of Songs is about human love and marriage. It's a love song at a human level. But ...
For Attaining Wisdom The Surprising End of Wisdom
Fear is not a positive virtue, especially when we think of fearing God. So what does the Bible ...
For Attaining Wisdom: Friendship
Social networking through the internet—Facebook, Twitter—the question is raised whether all this interaction is actually improving our relationships. ...
For Attaining Wisdom: Sexual Fidelity, Part 2
There's only one thing harder than living alone—learning to live with another person! Marriage is like juggling—it looks ...
For Attaining Wisdom: Sexual Fidelity, Part 1
We can be creative but not be the Creator; we can invent but not truly create. The "gender ...
For Attaining Wisdom: Principles, Part 2
We will never achieve much nor make life work until we master our fears. The only way to ...
For Attaining Wisdom: Principles, Part 1
Proverbs 1:1-7: There is no ancient literature like the book of Proverbs more likely to enable us to ...
Genesis – A New Beginning: A New Realization
Genesis 50:15-26: These famous words are from the story of Joseph: "You meant it for evil, but God ...
Genesis – A New Beginning: A New Family
Genesis 42-45: The story of the Bible as a whole, and particularly the story of Joseph, is God's ...
Genesis – A New Beginning: A New King
Genesis 41: It could be that the very things that you find most traumatic and difficult are the ...
Genesis – A New Beginning: A New Temptation, Part 2
Genesis 39: We are a people who are constantly under pressure from sexual temptation—men and women both. The ...
Genesis – A New Beginning: A New Temptation, Part 1
Genesis 39: God blesses us so that we might be a blessing. Those today who preach a message ...