No rest for the weary

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we...

Humbled and Hopeful

The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers. And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty...

A complicated mess

On Sunday, we looked at the story of Absalom’s death and the divided loyalties of David. We focused on certainty and doubt, especially in regards to our relationship with God. One of the points that I made was that we sometimes create complexity in order to avoid the...

Look out for yourself

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. | 2 Corinthians 4:7 Our illustration today comes from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (and may reveal my level of geekdom). In the final episode of the...