Paul, in this letter to the church in Corinth, understands the believers’ confusion about Jesus’ death and what it means for his followers. To some, the proclamation of a crucified messiah...

What a powerful example of poetic praise for God’s glory! In the opening lines of this hymn, the psalmist uses a lot of big, hyperbolic language to declare and describe God’s...

In this passage, we learn that on the way down the mountain, Jesus spoke to the disciples of the fact that he would rise from the dead. But we also know...

It seemed like such a good idea at the time. Who else had been granted access to such a sight in all of history? Moses and Elijah were here, and the...

How many times do we put expectations and restrictions on ourselves or others about what it means to be accepted by God and God’s people? We have to attend church this...

We need not wait until the culmination of all things to experience the joy of God’s justice. The end of days is not the only time we will witness a restoration...

Sometimes the only hope we can find in the rampant chaos that thrives in our world is what today’s reading reminds us—that “kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over...

For nations and kings to flow forth from Abraham and Sarah, they need not just to walk before God and be blameless. They need not merely to concern themselves with the...

It’s a familiar refrain, isn’t it, the promise that God will make Abraham the father of many nations? It’s one of those tenets of our faith that slides off the tongue...

On the first Sunday of Lent, Pastor Lewis reached out for something she expected to find on her bedside table, but it wasn’t there. Waking more fully, she reminded herself that...