I bet you could have heard a pin drop.
A whole week of celebrating the living water poured out from the pool of Siloam, and Jesus stands up to say, “You’re missing the point.”
When You Don’t Realize How Thirsty You Are
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Sabbath Thoughts
These posts are the heart and soul of the blog—food for though on God’s Sabbath day.
Waiting for the Final Trumpet
Guys, being a Christian is hard. I mean, maybe that's just me. But I don't think so. I think we're all on the same page here. It is hard to...
What Are You Adding to the Temple?
The efforts to rebuild the temple hit quite a few roadblocks. Some of those roadblocks were external—sabotage from neighboring troublemakers,...
Jesus Wept
But why? It's the shortest verse in the Bible, and it's often quoted as a reminder that the Son of God wasn't some emotionless stoic devoid of...
“Cannot”
Paul wrote about "God, who cannot lie" (Titus 1:2). Cannot. In English, "cannot" often implies some kind of outward restraint. "I'd like to, but I...
El Roi: The God Who Sees
There are few things more discouraging than discovering you're invisible—that your opinions don't matter, that no one cares how you feel, that...
Dokimos
Mount Moriah loomed in the distance, and with each footstep, the mountain seemed to grow bigger and more intimidating. Abraham has spent much of his...
The Chumps Who Had to Move the Tabernacle
The Israelites spent 40 years wandering through the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land. That's 40 years of setting up camp and taking down...
Knowing
"And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the...
Earthen Vessels
Babies are pretty incompetent. I mean that in the nicest way possible, but it's true—at least for human babies. The animal kingdom is a whole...
A Letter in a Shoebox
In a decorative shoebox, sitting on the fourth shelf of the bookcase in our living room, is a letter I spent the past year and a half avoiding. I...
Standing at the Threshold
"Are you ready?" That's the question I keep getting. It makes me laugh. Am I ready? Am I ready for my life to change in ways I've never experienced...
When God Is Silent
Between the last page of the Old Testament and the first page of the New sits about 400 years of silence. Four. Hundred. Years. Four hundred years...
When We Were Human
A hundred years from now, where will you be? Dead, I suspect. Unless Jesus Christ returns between now and then, you will "go the way of all the...
Anchors Aweigh
Life is an ocean. It's vast, intimidating, and filled with things we don't fully understand. Storms can come out of nowhere and wreak havoc on our...
What’s Your Obstacle?
For the young ruler, it was riches. When he came to Jesus asking, "Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?" (Matthew...
3 More Lessons From 5 Awesome Years of Marriage
Marriage is awesome. Full stop. It tends to be the butt of a lot of jokes and ridicule, so I like to be the contrasting voice as often as I can....
There Will Be a Last Time
There will be a last time I ever make a stupid decision. There will be a last time I stub my toe. A last article I ever write. A last time I take...