Feb 8, 2017 | 01 Podcasts, Jeremiah
Jeremiah 29:1-14 is addressed to people from Jerusalem who have already been deported to Babylon but before Jerusalem itself has been completely destroyed. These people want to escape. They want the exile to end and they want to get back home. Jeremiah writes the letter in this chapter to set them straight. Surprisingly, he doesn’t tell them how to escape; instead he tells them how to endure. What do we do while we await the not-yet? What’s there to do in Babylon?
Jan 25, 2017 | 01 Podcasts, Jeremiah
Today’s leaders promise hope and change only to deliver corruption and scandal. We elect bright promising outsiders who go to Washington and immediately become insiders. They cease fighting for the ideals they promised in the campaign and start fighting to keep themselves in power. Who can make things right? Who will help us out of this mess?
Sep 28, 2016 | 01 Podcasts, Jeremiah
Why is God so difficult to believe in? We want control. We explain away His gifts and provision. We want a predictable god who doesn’t surprise us. The God of Scripture is complicated and does not answer all our questions. We are afraid the hope of the gospel is too good to be true. The truth is that God is really not hard to believe in. The problem is that it is our hearts that are fickle.
Jan 20, 2016 | 01 Podcasts, Peter
Peter’s main concern in this section is how we treat others, both inside and outside the family of God. But his point is a fuller richer picture than ‘be nice.’ His advice is fix your hope completely on the grace that is coming to you. And then be...
Nov 27, 2013 | 06 Articles, Family
The day our cat died our daughter changed her Facebook status to “starting over from the end of the world.”
Jun 18, 2013 | 01 Podcasts, Romans
What practical personal importance is it that we’re justified? Is this all theological argument? Or does it mean anything on a day-to day level?