In Ephesians 3:18, Paul prays that we might "grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."...
David Green and the Beginning of Hobby Lobby ...
Friends of mine are downsizing from a new, sizable home in a wealthy suburb to a modest, comfortable ranch in the small...
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"If you're going to be successful in business, you've got to be willing to serve." Jean Bartell Barber is the Vice-Chairman of Bartell Drugs, the largest pharmacy chain in the Seattle area. Transcript...
Mark 9:1 is one of the more puzzling statements of Jesus. He said that some of those “standing here right now” would not die “before they see the Kingdom of God arrive in...
The Main Text: Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification. And they came to John...
The transition from Ephesians 5:2 to Ephesians 5:3 can feel like whiplash. One moment, we're asked to imitate God's love, remembering Christ's...
Introduction by Mark Roberts: I am pleased to welcome Dr. Scot McKnight as our reflections writer for this week. In his day...
The memory of my suffering and homelessness is bitterness and poison. I can’t help but remember and am depressed. I call all...
Honestly, I find Jeremiah 49 to be a rather dreary chapter of Scripture. It repeatedly announces God’s judgment upon several Gentile nations: the Ammonites (49:1-6), Edom (49:7-22), Damascus (49:23...
Confession both cleanses ourselves and leads to authentic relationships.
I spent a good part of my career as a strategy consultant.
David chose to trust in his own power and mistrust God’s power. That choice endangered his very soul. He needed to be rescued from himself. But this mess was of his own making...
The existence of the Bible boggles the mind. Over a two thousand year span of history, some forty different authors, many of whom had never met, writing in wide ranging literary forms from history...
In his last sermon, delivered at a Memphis church the night before he died, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told his audience that he’d been to the proverbial “mountaintop.”
In Exodus 5, Moses and Aaron approached Pharaoh, asking that he give the Israelites a short reprieve from their work so that they might hold a festival to honor the Lord. Predictably, Pharaoh...
Last week I was browsing in my local bookstore. I picked up a book with lots of promises on the cover about what success will come if I implement the teachings of this...
Many church leaders are seeking to understand how to move existing churches toward a missional direction. ...
Text: Daniel 1:8-21 Dominant Thought: Living faithfully as an exile means preserving your distinct identity as the people of God and giving...
