Standing with God’s purposes is a difficult and courageous way of life. Defending God is surely a foolish endeavor in which we find ourselves persecuting Christ instead.

Our focus is on knowing and honoring what God says.

We go forward into each morning. We cannot go back to enjoy what we think was good about the past, or to fix what we think was wrong. We cannot…

There’s waiting for another miracle, when the miracle has already been given--being alive and having the gifts and resources available to step out.

How can I take the three years of mercy I have received, nurture for one more year, and make something of them? How can I do what I really want…

And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.”

Spiritual formation is making what we learn of God central to our lives.

Change of heart and life together are the seed of the kingdom to come. Hearing what Christ said in the text today, we are shocked into a kind of vision…