The Restless Heart
The Search for Meaning A couple of years ago, I watched a series on Netflix and a movie on Amazon in which the protagonist in each was an atheist – depressed, lonely, snarky, and absolutely interesting, but desperately looking for… longing for… meaning. It was sort of sad to observe the writers’ attempts to guide their characters […]
Lawlessness
State of the Church: The Celtic Revival (9) But hear too the blessed Zechariah, the prophet, warning you with the Word of God…“they made their hearts immovable, so as not to hear My Law and the words which the almighty Lord sent in His Spirit and in the hands of the former prophets…My wrath is […]
Seated with Christ
Why would anyone want to postpone the benefits of Kingdom citizenship? Yet, many do, imagining that the Kingdom of God is for only that time after Jesus comes again. That’s not what Jesus taught. Today’s excerpt from The Kingdom Turn is found on pages 28 and 29: “What does it mean to be seated with Christ in […]
Reconcilers
Matthew 5: The Sermon on the Mount (16) Pray Psalm 97.10-12.You who love the LORD, hate evil!He preserves the souls of His saints;He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.Light is sown for the righteous,And gladness for the upright in heart.Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous,And give thanks at the remembrance of His […]
Faithful and Merciful
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Wisdom
Acts 27:9–12 (ESV) Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, saying, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” But the centurion paid […]