Are you a Lone Ranger Christian — thinking you can go it alone and never allowing anyone to really know who you are, what you need, how you are hurting? Our passage in today’s message speaks to our relationship with Christ being one of community. The Jewish nation was always about community. Their worship, their… Continue Reading Who was that masked man – you?
These summer days remind me of when I played Little League baseball. We had two leagues, minor and major, in our league. I remember getting a call to play on a major league team. They gave me a uniform (Farm’s Exchange was my team) consisting of the jersey, pants, stir-up socks, the whole deal. I had… Continue Reading A Better Sanctuary
The coming of Christ the first time and His sacrificial death and subsequent resurrection ushered in a better hope than the Jews had known at that time. It also was a better hope for the rest of the world, which had been held at a distance from the God of the Israelites. The ancient world was… Continue Reading There is a better hope
If any of us had to stand before a judge in court, we would want someone to stand with us — to advise us, to speak for us. Someone who knew the system and how to best represent us. This morning, we saw that men were called out to be high priests, to stand before… Continue Reading Our best – only – advocate
Fathers make us who we are. Whether they are absent or present, kind or mean, encouraging or demanding, fathers make us who we are. Their impact looms large in all the major areas of our life. Many will say that their father was the most important person in their life. It is his example they… Continue Reading Look to the Son
I once stood as the supreme ruler of all I saw. Nothing was denied me. My word was law and my desires were reality — until I encountered the God of Heaven. While I was master of all that I saw, I was warned in a dream, and its interpretation, that my pride would be… Continue Reading Open letter from Nebuchadnezzar
