Jesus did not tell the story of the generous landowner to comment on the validity of human pay scales. He was not suggesting that, in real life, those who work little should be...
When Jesus said that it was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven, his disciples were understandably...
Blake Coffee has a post online that made me laugh and think. He mentions the television show "What Not to Wear." I've seen this show with my daughters, and it's kind of funny...
Among the Pharisees in the time of Jesus, there was a debate over the legitimate grounds for divorce. Some scholars argued that a man could divorce his wife for any reason. Others claimed that...
Work isn't something you just get up and decide to do one day. It takes years of preparation before you can do it. It took me a long time to work my way...
"A place," the Bible calls it. Nondescript, middle of nowhere, Scripture marks it only as the place where Jacob laid his head for a night's rest. It was the first stop on Jacob's...
Early in his ministry, Jesus gathers his disciples and returns to his hometown of Nazareth, where he begins teaching at the synagogue.
One of the most powerful lessons I've learned on integrity came as a result of deceit.
I hate it when God says no. And that day, He said "No" with an exclamation point. The winter sun shone through the clouds like a dirty tennis ball and glinted off the...
I've often wondered if forgiveness should be the crucial mark of the church. Yes, Jesus said people will know us by our love. But in a sense, forgiveness is a particular expression of...
There are many challenges to doing church in the 21st century. One of the hardest is learning to recognize the influence of...
This might just be the most frequently disobeyed command of Jesus. Let me explain this rather audacious claim. Christians sin against each...
High Calling blogger J. Schaap writes about his love of digital photography, how it has changed him and how it has opened his eyes to the beauty of the world----------------------- ...
Transcript In his book, More Than Meets The Eye, Dr. Richard A. Swenson observes: "Light consists of tiny packages of energy, called photons. If we could study one as it leaves the sun...
The parable of the lost sheep is most familiar to us in the form it takes in Luke 15:3-7. There the emphasis is upon the lost sheep who is found by the shepherd...
Some people can find the dark cloud in every silver lining. These individuals are all too ready to pounce on the latest idea or the smallest breakthrough—so they can tear it down. Let...
The prayers were agonizing—so intense that red sweat stained his white robe on this blackest of nights.The sorrow was excruciating—deep, painful, and overwhelming. Jesus said he felt like dying. A...
Every other weekend, I get paid to do one of my favorite things: sing. Along with my husband and several others, I’m a cast member at the Rockbox, a live music theater.The only...
About a year ago, I got enmeshed in the controversy over the alleged "Jesus Family Tomb." This occupied the world's attention for about five minutes back in February 2008, when the Discovery...
If you were reading this passage in the Greek original of Matthew, you'd notice the frequent occurrence of words beginning with skandal-. The verb skandalizein and the noun skandalon appear three...
