The Birthing of a New Humanity

Introduction

I am captivated by the conversation between Jesus and a rabbi named Nicodemus. It is located in John, chapter 3. In this text, we find one ...

Good Music

A few years ago I read a story in the Chicago Tribune with the headline, "City Tries to Pump Up Its Crews Down Under." There was a new guy in charge of ...

When the Seeds Come Up

Introduction

Someone hearing for the first time that the dead will be raised—physically—from the grave could easily picture something from ...

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Introduction

Through the centuries there have been some people who have wanted to view Jesus' teaching in the Beatitudes as a kind of ladder that can carry ...

A Life Worth Saving

Introduction:

There’s a story of a man who risked his life to save a boy trapped in a burning building. The doorway was blocked, the room was filled with ...

A Promise for Life's Long Pull

Luke 10: 25-37

Introduction:

We all know the account of the Good Samaritan. Does it strike you as something more than odd that an obscure itinerant preacher, ...

Decreation and Recreation

I would like to remind you of two notes that have worked their way into the popular culture psyche of America, bringing more foreboding, more are more ...