God will hear us now because, on the cross, Jesus wasn’t heard. We will never be forsaken because on the cross, he was.
The Darkness on the Earth
Amid the darkness all around, the spotlight is on the cross. There, our savior hangs, mangled and marred. It’s messy, and it’s bloody because it must be. This is the only way to forgiveness.
You Serve A Higher Master
We all have earthly masters. Some of them are good bosses. Some are not. But we all have a higher master who is good and does good, and he is who ultimately matters.
Paul's Address to Bondservants in Colossians 3
The Christian gospel speaks to all people in every situation all the time. You cannot get any socially lower than a slave. But Jesus doesn’t ignore the lowly. He speaks directly to them.
C.S. Lewis on Praise
A quote from C.S. Lewis on praise.
His Love Will Never End
We give thanks to God for all things because he is good and because his love will never end.
A Village God
When we gather, let’s pray to the big God for this big world with its big needs.
The Finished Work of Christ
One of my favorite phrases is “the finished work of Christ.” When Jesus died on the cross, he did not say, “My part is done, now your turn.”
No Longer Trembling At the Rustling of a Wind-Blown Leaf
Roland Bainton, in his biography of Luther, shows us the way the gospel changed Luther’s heart from a fearful man into a fearless leader of the Reformation.