Most people feel uncomfortable in situations of conflict, so we tend to avoid facing conflict, whether at...
Selections from 2 Samuel 13-18 2 Samuel 18:33 The king was shaken. He went up to the...
Absalom’s name meant "son of peace," but his life was anything but that.
My friend Nick grew up in a church that was very eager to keep him from sinning.
The Psalter says a good deal about workplace ethics. Psalm 15:1 and 5 say, “O Lord, who may abide in your tent...
Psalm 34:8 invites us to “taste and see that the LORD is good.” This leads me to wonder how I can take the psalmist up on his offer. How can I taste God...
Full Christianity: Doing, Thinking, and Being (Click Here to Read) In this daily reflection fromThe High Calling, Mark Roberts considers how the...
My last few reflections focused on Ephesians 4:22-24. The main point of this passage is that we...
There are lots of excellent reasons to speak the truth. For starters, we could say that the Ten Commandments tell us not to bear false witness (Exod. 20:16). Then, we have Ephesians 4:25 that...
If you've been reading these reflections for a while, you may remember that a couple of months ago I was examining Ephesians...
John’s telling of the feeding of the five thousand (John 6:1-15) echoes many of the themes we saw in the wedding feast at Cana and the healing of the paralytic man. Again, Jesus...