The most extraordinary feature of the life of Jesus, the glorious Son of God, moments before His baptism, is the astounding ordinariness in which he lived and appeared. What stands out is that He simply didn't stand out! Look at the detail Luke...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The first emotion that takes charge of your heart when calamity descends, is not normally joy. What do you want most while you are suffering? Is it relief? Is there not huge loss incurred when you long for relief and fail to see the value of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It is easy to think that if I am faithful to God, that God will be sure to give me the type of success I am expecting. John the Baptist surely fulfilled the role God had written into Scripture for him. Yet instead of seeming success, John is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A missionary to a primitive tribe resisted, for a long time, translating the genealogy at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel, and opted rather to translate the narrative that follows it. He proceeded to teach the locals all about Jesus through...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Some people have no idea of what it is to have a conviction. Believing something so passionately that you are willing to die for it, is a concept that is foreign to vast segments of society. Conviction in the face of huge costs is an issue in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We get used to amazing things very quickly. Fallenness reduces us to reducing the amazing complexity of Scripture to one side of the truth. But often, both are equally true. For example, men wrote the Bible. God wrote the Bible. To reduce this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The very first recorded words of Jesus are spoken in these verses. Mediocre to bizarre ideas of Jesus' identity litter modern society, broadcasting error upon error as truth. Do not make one of these big mistakes when you think about Jesus; they...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isn't it astounding what dramatic spiritual experiences some people can have, yet after the initial excitement, remain unchanged? We are not told about the bearded men who surprised Mary as she nursed the baby Jesus, yet how many looked upon the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When you speak about Jesus, to whom do you attach the name? Who is he? The angels speaking to the shepherds explains who he is. He is the Saviour, the Messiah, the Lord. Ask yourself, what it is about Jesus that you love. Sadly, the answer to that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Sandwiched between two chapters in the narrative of Joseph, God chose to insert the account of Judah and Tamar and the perversion that took place between them. Why would God tuck that chapter in there? What is He saying to us? Remarkably, this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
