In contrast to the arrogant pride and self-sufficiency that will bring us down or the exploitation of the poor in order to...
Perhaps one of the clearest prophetic texts in all of Scripture appears in Isaiah 9. I cannot read Isaiah 9:6 without imagining...
Paul’s letter to Titus is the final Pastoral Epistle and has many similarities to 1 and 2 Timothy. (For Titus 1:5–9, see 1 Timothy 3:1–13 above. For Titus 2:1–10, see 1 Timothy 5:1–6:...
Luke’s Gospel begins in a workplace.
Overview: Advent is a time of spiritual preparation, anticipation, looking for God’s coming into our experience as...
There are many reasons to praise the Lord. Scripture repeatedly calls us to do it, so we praise God out of obedience...
When I was young, I thought manger meant “stable.” I was well into my adult years before I realized that a manger...