Living in Tense Times: Ready for Anything
Are Christians strong people or weak people? Yes. This is not to say that there are believers that fit in both categories—though that is true. Christians are strong people and they are weak people—sometimes at the very same moment.
Living in Tense Times: With a Clear Identity
In the past, many have seen a saint as someone whose exceptional holiness is something you should venerate and even call upon in times of trouble. Today’s readings puts the saints in their proper place.
Living in Tense Times: Faithful Even Under Attack
People believed they were saved based on their good deeds and generous gifts.
The Lord Almighty Reigns Here & Now
God’s Word anticipates the messy realities of life more than we might imagine. Today, we tackle one of those messy realities.
The Lord Almighty Reigns Over All People
There are many things about God that we just don’t get. His eternal nature. His deep wisdom. His steadfast will. But just because we don’t understand these things doesn’t mean that we cannot see them. Today’s focus is on God’s patience.
The Lord Almighty Reigns Over Eternity
There are many things about God that we just don’t get. His eternal nature. His deep wisdom. His steadfast will. But just because we don’t understand these things doesn’t mean that we cannot see them. Today’s focus is on God’s patience.
The Ambitious Church Has a Different Mindset
Too many times, we are like the son who says all the right things but doesn’t do them. With this guilt and shame laid bare, we look to the Son who doesn’t just say all the right things, but does all the righteous things that our Father requires.
The Ambitious Church Is Concerned for All Sinners
Is God fair? Without much reflection, we may answer too quickly. God is all-powerful. Powerful humans and institutions that are unfair are often self-serving and insatiable. Our God is nothing like that. But that does not mean that our God is fair.
The Ambitious Church Forgives Freely
We hold grudges—we tuck them away and trot them out again when we are in the middle of an argument. God presents a better way. Full and free forgiveness.
The Ambitious Church Rebukes Rightly
The two great commands are to love the Lord your God and your neighbor. Today, we see how these two commands intersect with one another.
The Ambitious Church Proclaims Christ Clearly
Who is God? For some, God is a concept—a nondescript “higher power.” For others, God is a figment of the culture’s imagination. What about you? Who do you say that God is?
The Ambitious Church Marvels at God’s Might
What many describe as “Mother Nature,” believers know to be God's handiwork.
The Ambitious Church Is Divinely United
We are all saved by grace through faith and this is not from ourselves, it is found in the name of Jesus Christ who unites us.