The gospel in me and through me!
Most people live their lives to gain more power and authority. Despite language that speaks of other’s good, people often desire power to better themselves. This reality bears out in the rise up the corporate ladder. We also see this … Read More
One of the most quoted verses in the Psalter is Psalm 118:23. “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Perhaps you grew up singing the children’s chorus that simply repeats … Read More
God often works in ways that are counterintuitive to our thinking. Palm Sunday is a great example of this, especially when we consider the religious leaders. In his account of the events of Palm Sunday, Luke notes that Jesus’s disciples … Read More
The word hosanna is so closely associated with Palm Sunday and the triumphal entry that we can easily overlook it. The word appears twice in Mark’s account of the original Palm Sunday providing a bookend of the crowd’s singing of Psalm 118:26 … Read More
As far back as Genesis 3, God promised to send a Messiah. That first prophecy was like receiving a lone puzzle piece and no picture for a guide. However through the years God added more and more pieces, and the … Read More
Our culture trains us to think we are independent people who can do whatever we want. When we buy into this thinking, we consider ourselves the masters of our own destiny. But this mentality is bound to rebel against the … Read More