Stoned
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say” (John 8:3–5, esv)? The […]
Why All the Fuss
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The Secret To A Joyful Life (Part 2)
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Dream Job
Not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up, but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another (Psalm 75:6–7, esv). How do you feel about your job? Love it? Hate it? Wish you could quit? Terrified of being fired? Listen: it doesn’t […]
The Secret to a Joyful Life (Part 1)
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Comfort, Comfort
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins (Isaiah 40:1–2, esv). “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God,” the prophet Isaiah recorded. Let those words […]
Swing
Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord (1 Samuel 2:12, esv). A permissive father says, “Whatever you want!” An abusive father says, “Whatever I want!” The passive father simply says, “Whatever.” He is not really engaged or connected. He watches his children hurt themselves and self-destruct, and he […]
Freedom from People Pleasing
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Come Home
“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up” (Hosea 6:1, esv). God invites you to come back to Him. No matter how far away you’ve wandered or how long you’ve been gone, Hosea 6:1 opens […]
The Writing in the Sand
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground (John 8:6, ESV). In John 8, a woman caught in adultery was dragged before Jesus by an angry, self-righteous mob. The woman in the story was a pawn. […]