When I was a teenager, I was full of passion for truth and righteousness. Churches were doing lots of studies on personality types and spiritual gifts, and I was off-the-charts “justice-oriented” vs. “mercy” or “goal-oriented” vs. “people-oriented” or whatever the term for “black-and-white thinker / prophet / exhorter / teacher.” Which is great if God […]
I can’t remember the first time I heard the story… probably before I was two years old. I know I’ve heard it many hundreds of times since. It’s found in Luke 15:11-32, and it begins: “There once was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Give me my […]
A few weeks ago, I made a promise to you. I invited you to join me on a five-week study of the book of Jonah and I told you it would surprise you just how powerful and relevant that story is to each one of us personally and the world we live in today. It’s […]
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious… He does not treat us as our sins deserve.” (Psalm 103:10-12) This is the last week of our summer Bible study on the book of Jonah — Waves of Mercy. You know, compared to the others, Jonah was one of the most successful prophets in the Bible? Sure at […]
Do you know what to do when God has a problem with you? Eli didn’t. He was High Priest over all Israel and he didn’t have a clue. The runaway prophet Jonah knew (he just didn’t want to — until a stay in a sea monster changed his mind). The wicked, barbaric people of ancient […]
