We met the young man when he was caught rifling through men’s lockers at the local gym. My wife, Emalie, was visiting the Y when employees brought him to the front...

If we have been afraid to look in the mirror, Jesus holds it up for us regardless. The litany of sins in Mark 7:21-22 should make us shudder—not because they are...

Jesus wants to emphasize a point. It’s not just about people following tradition, rather than God’s word. It’s about knowing the human heart as the source for both good and evil....

What has the final word in how you live your life? Is it the things you’ve learned from the authority figures and traditions of your church and community, or is it...

A reasonable question we might have for James is, “What does it look like to accept the word, especially if it’s already in us?” Well, it starts with a dose of...

The book of James is often attributed to James, the brother of Jesus, who was writing to an audience of Jewish Christians probably living outside Palestine and undergoing persecution. There are...

Psalm 45 is a wedding song that ultimately celebrates a king and his bride. Like Song of Solomon, the king in question could be King Solomon, here preparing to marry the...

As the most romantic book of scripture, Song of Solomon explicitly explores the intimacy of relationship, describing the growing love between a man and a woman. Although the book is attributed...

Standing in God’s Power In our reading for today, the apostle Paul uses the imagery of a soldier to urge his readers to build up their strength in the Lord’s mighty...

Jesus Is Life Though we are alive, separation from God means that we are dead and lost. We are in need of life. We can only receive this life through Jesus...