Where did you lose your sharpness, passion, or intimacy with God? Even if you are not “prophetic,” the story in 2 Kings 6 feels almost like a coming-of-age narrative, offering a glimpse into the life, times, and ministry of the prophet left behind—Elisha. It’s a story of prophets, building projects, trees, water, and a precarious piece of iron.… Read More »
Fancy a Life-Changing Challenge? Towards the end of his epistle to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul issues a profound call. It’s easy to gloss over it without giving it the full attention it deserves. But there it is, clear as day, in Galatians 5:25: “If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the… Read More »
We’ve probably all heard the story from our younger days—little David facing off against the man-giant Goliath, armed only with a sling and five water-smoothed stones taken from a stream in the Valley of Elah. Five stones. Why not six? Here’s David, standing on one side of the valley, staring down a man whose immense size is matched… Read More »
You know the story—Balaam’s donkey. Talking. Yes, talking. It’s wild, it’s weird, and it’s in the Bible (Numbers 22). In short, you’ve got a prophet on a mission, an angel with a sword, and a donkey that suddenly becomes the most reasonable character in the whole drama. And somehow, in all this strangeness, there’s a truth so sharp… Read More »
Just one touch… It’s a well-known, quick story—you won’t fall asleep reading it. It’s the kind of story where there was this, there was that, and then it was all over. Perhaps the story before was more gripping, more exciting, but not if you were a leper. Matthew 8:1-5So, Jesus comes down the mountain. He’s just delivered what… Read More »
My Sermon notes for Phil 4:1-5 So picture this. You’re in prison. Cold, cramped, Roman chains pressing against your wrists and ankles. You’re not a hardened criminal, but to them, you might as well be. This is Paul’s life as he writes to the church in Philippi. The Roman world does not understand him, nor his mission. But… Read More »