After enduring decades of Babylonian exile, the Israelites finally return to their homeland expecting the Temple’s glorious restoration and a return to milk and honey. But their easy fantasies of...
If you visit Haywood Street on a Tuesday morning, you’ll find lots of companions and friends in fellowship and serving together. Companions are sorting through clothes donations and organizing the Outfitter’s...
Miracles are rare. They’re to be exercised with great discretion, only used for the most utilitarian of purposes. The healing of a blind man who spent his life begging in...
A few years ago I visited a mega church. 10,000 plus members, sprawling campus, polished programming. After worship, I met with the pastor and just listened. He described his call...
Matthew begins his Gospel with a genealogy. Surprisingly, he doesn’t boast about the bloodline of a past patriarch or trace the lineage of a famous uncle, or show off a...
They rain on our parades; they obscure our vision; they represent ominous omens on the horizon. The weatherman never smiles while reporting a cloudy forecast. Clouds have a bad reputation. ...
In 1958, Clifton Hillegass and his wife started a publishing business in the basement of their Lincoln Nebraska home. They began with Shakespeare, explaining the great works of literature in...