For twenty-three years, Jeremiah prophesied the coming destruction of Jerusalem (from God’s case against Judah in chapter 2 through chapter 28).[1] Then...
Jeremiah 33 begins with bad news for Jerusalem: the Babylonians will soon defeat and destroy the city because of the wickedness of its inhabitants. But the chapter progresses quickly from bad to...
Human life is a series of choices, and many of these involve vocation.
1 Thessalonians 3:1-13 (NIV) “So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in...
When I was a kid growing up in cold Minnesota winters, I would build snow forts and have snowball fights with friends.
Even in the time of restoration, human sin is never far away. Malachi, the third of the restoration prophets, complains that some...
After his son, John, was born, Zechariah “was filled with the Holy Spirit” and uttered a “prophecy” (1:67). His prophecy is often...
“We have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear, in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live.” Luke 1:74-75 The Gospel of Luke begins with the...
Positive Gratitude: Philippians 1 (Click Here to Read) This sermon from The High Calling discusses how a...
The Gospel of Luke proclaims Jesus as the king who is coming into the world. Appointed by God, his rule will put right everything that has gone wrong following the rebellion and fall...
We hear so many announcements in the public square today that even the stuff called “breaking news” seems commonplace.
In contrast to the arrogant pride and self-sufficiency that will bring us down or the exploitation of the poor in order to...
Do you drink deeply from the fountain of salvation? Or do you simply take a sip every now and then? Sometimes we...
Although our instinctive reflex is to suppress and deny conflict, in this passage, Paul lovingly brings conflict into the open where it...
Much of Luke consists of Jesus’ teaching. As it happens, the first teaching in Luke is directly about work, although it comes...
John the Baptist is like God’s dynamite in today’s passage. He’s preparing the way for the Lord by shocking people into mending their ways.
Surrendering our lives to Jesus Christ means owning up to the deep, deep needs in our world. God is truly counting on...
My youngest son has prayed using the word “hope” for years: I wondered if I should correct him, until I learned the biblical definition of hope from the Old and New Testaments.
In our translation, Micah 5:2 describes Bethlehem as “a small village.” Its diminutive size is forever enshrined in the opening of Phillips...
He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted the humble. Luke 1:52 Luke 1:46-55 is Mary's song of praise to...
Psalm 80 begins with a cry to God, who is addressed as the “Shepherd of Israel” because he has led Joseph’s descendants...
The other night, as I tucked my youngest son in, I couldn’t help noticing how completely he filled up my arms. I...
Lech Walesa Lech Walesa’s path to becoming the president of Poland reached its pivotal moment on August 14, 1980 when he jumped...
The Kingdom of God shows up at work in the Christmas story and beyond in the book of Luke.
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