A Disciple Who Loves
It’s hard to be good. One of my children in a moment of discipline articulated how hard it is both to do good and to know how to do good. Rarely is the problem ignorance of what is right and … Read More
A Messiah Who Is Greater
The patience Jesus manifests in the Gospel of Luke always amazes me. Time and time again, Jesus is harassed and criticized by the religious elite. And time and time again, Jesus patiently responds with a thought-provoking question or with a … Read More
A Tax Collector Who Reforms
Jesus’s work in our lives is remarkable. To think that He made us, shows us patience, and saved us is amazing. But we live in a world with lots of sorrow, pain, loss, and misery. These realities can discourage us … Read More
A Paralytic Who Walks
Faith requires us to acknowledge and accept our finitude and moral need. We cannot have faith while maintaining a prideful self-sufficient heart. We may say we have faith, but our doubting prideful hearts say otherwise in how we live and … Read More
A Fisherman Who Fears
One of the problems that Christians face is remembering that Jesus is Lord of our lives. It is God’s mercy that He reminds us, lest we forget and live for ourselves. Jesus gave Peter one of these reminders in Luke … Read More