When Jesus sends out His twelve disciples, He doesn’t sugarcoat the reality of what they’re facing. He uses a striking image: sheep among wolves. Not lions among house cats. Not shepherds among sheep. Sheep among wolves. This is a picture of vulnerability,...
Imagine sitting on a Galilean hillside, the morning sun warming your face as a rabbi begins to teach. But this isn’t like any teaching you’ve heard before. The scribes you’re used to hearing always quote someone else: “Rabbi Hillel said...
The good news of the gospel is not that God gives you a list of rules to follow or tells you to try harder to manage your emotions. The good news is that God transforms you from the inside out. He gives you a new heart. This transformation happens in the same three...
Discouragement feels crushing because it seems like evidence that things will never get better. You didn’t get the job you wanted. Your relationship didn’t work out. Your ministry isn’t growing. The plans you made have failed. And you feel...
Anger often feels justified in the moment. Someone cut you off in traffic. Your spouse didn’t do what you asked. Your plans got disrupted. Of course you’re angry, right? They deserve it. But James 4:1-2 reveals what’s really happening when...
