In this season of Advent, our thoughts are rightly on Christmas and the first coming of our Savior—but Advent is about Easter too. We’re all familiar with the...
The season delivers its share of suddenly. Suddenly, there’s another gift to purchase. Suddenly, your kids get sick, and the car breaks down. Suddenly, your work world spins...
We have been examining God’s vision of shalom through the lens of the four-chapter gospel. Previous posts have discussed God’s original creative vision for shalom in community, how...
We tend to take both work and rest to the extremes. We either see the world glorifying the constant hustle, or we see it celebrating self-indulgent laziness. But...
Imagine the scene, thousands of years ago: the desert sun was relentless when Abraham, resting at the entrance of his tent at Mamre, looked up to see three...
A few months ago, I put in an order for a farewell plaque to give to a departing leader. I wanted to get home for dinner. I had...
Previously, we have discussed God’s original creative vision for shalom in community and how the fall distorted that vision. Today, we’ll examine how Redemption, the third chapter of...
On September 25, 2025, the church lost one of its great voices. Voddie Baucham is now with the Lord. The news of his passing struck me deeply, not...
We have been discussing how to better understand God’s vision for shalom using the four-chapter gospel model that sees the historical redemptive narrative told by the Bible in...
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