Once upon a time, circumcision was a sign of God’s people; but now the cross has changed all that. Not only is God’s family much larger than imagined, but the cross ushers in new creation!
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Circumcision, the Cross, and New Creation
Loving Action
The Good Samaritan redefines who are our neighbor is, but it also warns us that if we can’t see “the other” as our neighbor, then we may be left alongside the road to die!
Read moreA Family of Wounded Healers
What happens when you’re cut off from your family because of disease? How do you overcome both the sickness and the isolation? In Christ, anything is possible.
Read moreRichie Rich, His Money, and Lazarus
It’s easy to see the story of the rich man and Lazarus as a story about heaven and hades, or a story about how poor people go to heaven…but it’s much more than that!
Read moreForgiving Love
Love just may be the key to forgiveness and salvation!
Read moreWeak Strength
It was only through weakness that St. Paul could show the strength of the gospel message.
Read moreFreed by the Cross to Act!
We are free to preach our freedom all around the world because Exodus shows us the sweetness of Christ’s cross!
Read moreYou’re So Vain…
Often, I find this is the problem of modern Bible studies or discussions of religion. People want to talk about how they understand the text, or how the text makes them feel. What they forget is that scripture – for the Christian
Read moreThe Surprising End of the Sabbath!
Many Christians speak of the Sabbath as an opportunity to rest from work. However, if we enter deeper into the Bible and the mystery, it becomes clear that the Sabbath was when God rested BEFORE FINISHING creation, from on the
Read moreTHE ESSENTIAL CAVE, OR WHY THE STABLE MAY BE HERETICAL?
Right now in America there’s a cultural war happening. One battlefield is the Feast of the Nativity – commonly called Christmas. Slogans such as, “Keep ‘Christ’ is Christmas,” or “Keep the ‘Mass’ in Christmas” permeate social media. However, has the
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