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Creation was glorious,but redemption is greater. Creation required God's power.Redemption required God's heart. Creation shaped the world.Redemption saved it. When God created Adam, there was beauty.B...
We are often told that faith is the currency of heaven. And it is. But you cannot spend currency if you don't know what you are buying. Hebrews 11:1 gives us the architecture of belief: "Now faith is...
When a ship is in a harbor and a storm approaches, the captain drops the anchor. The anchor is heavy. It disappears into the dark water. You can't see it. But once it hooks into the seabed, the ship i...
A job title can change in one meeting. A relationship can end in one conversation. A social media audience can vanish in one algorithm update. If your self-worth depends on any of these, it sits on a...
There is a Chinese proverb: "Don't ask the fish about the water." Why? Because the fish is so immersed in the water, it cannot describe it. It has no point of reference for anything else. We are the s...
Christians should be known for what we are for (the gospel), not for what we oppose. It's easy to become defined by reaction.To be known by what you're against rather than what you bless, build, or br...
When we go through a difficult season, it feels like it will last forever. Time seems to drag when we are in pain or uncertainty. But Scripture gives us a different perspective on time. In Ephesians,...
It's quite a relief when I realised that I do not have to plan an escape route, I'm only asked to trust the One who already is the escape. Paul writes, "But with the temptation will also make the way...
Failure changes how people see you.But it doesn't change how Jesus sees you. After the resurrection, Peter did something unexpected.He went back to fishing. This was the man who had sworn loyalty.The...
Look closely at the image above. Your eyes tell you the lines are sloping. They tell you the rows are crooked, sinking on one end and rising on the other. Your brain is convinced that the structure is...
Some discouragement comes from circumstances.Most comes from emptiness. Jeremiah understood that.When life was collapsing around him, he said: "Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was...
Elijah called down fire from heaven on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, he sat under a tree and asked God to let him die. That is not a story about weak faith. That is a story about a real prophet in a real b...
The Prophet Ezekiel saw a vision of water flowing from under the threshold of the Temple. As it flowed, it became a river that traveled to the Dead Sea-a place where nothing can live. But wherever thi...
Most people define grace as "unmerited favor." That is not wrong. But it is incomplete, like a tourist who visits Rome, sees a single fountain, and calls it the whole city. The Greek word behind "grac...
A courtroom has already delivered the verdict. The judge has left the bench. The gavel has struck. And yet the defendant rises again to ask, "But are you sure?" That is the picture of a believer who d...
The book of Leviticus carries an important picture:a bird couldn't be released until the leper was declared clean. It shows us a shadow of Jesus redemption work. Christ could not be released from deat...
It's easy to look at world events, politics, and global headlines and wonder if everything is falling apart. But kairos - God's appointed favor - was never promised to the world.It was promised to His...
There is a word in the Hebrew Bible that no single English word can translate. Translators have tried "mercy," "lovingkindness," "steadfast love," "loyalty," and "faithfulness." Every attempt captures...
Your future is secure because salvation rests on Christ, not on you. Hope is fragile when it depends on human effort.Thank God believers can look toward the future with joy, not fear. Paul writes: "We...
A psychiatric textbook and a Gospel say the same thing: live in the present moment. The difference is that the Gospel said it two thousand years earlier. Anxiety is not new. It is not a modern conditi...