In the game of Monopoly, the “Get out of jail free” card is lucky draw. For some Christians it is now used as a metaphor for a “Ticket to heaven”.…
In Acts 3:6 the apostle Peter says to a man who had never walked before, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” With these simple words, not only…
In our reading today, the apostles Peter and John heal a man who was lame from birth. In the powerful Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, they raise the man…
From the parade on Palm Sunday to the journey to the cross on Friday, to this new morning on the first day of the week: Following Jesus leads us on…
The excitement and the love shown to Jesus on Palm Sunday is over. Religious enthusiasm is never a great indicator of spiritual revival and after Palm Sunday comes Good Friday.…
The Palm Sunday narrative is all about the Christ who comes and bring healing, restoration, and wholeness to the universe. Jesus didn’t come to just save lost human souls, he…
Our reading today concludes the first half of Revelation, and in a way, it is the conclusion of everything. With the sounding of the seventh trumpet in Revelation 11:15-19, the…
Revelation 8 begins with some unfinished business from the last time: the opening of the seventh seal. Last week we read about the opening of the first six seals of…
A committed atheist is sometimes more tolerable than a sentimental Christian. Someone who outright rejects the existence of God can have more intellectual integrity than the person who is all…
The book of Revelation begins as a letter from the apostle John to seven churches in the province of Asia. After the opening vision in Chapter 1, the seven churches…