Romans 12:15 instructs us to “weep with those who weep” not “justify why we aren’t weeping” or “correct those who weep”. To weep with, we need to feel the pain. To feel the pain we need to understand. To understand, we need to be informed. To be informed, we need to listen (read/watch/learn) Click to…

We have failed to show the love of God in the Old Testament and the wrath and judgment of God in the New Testament. We have also failed to read the Bible through a post-traumatic lens, the lens with which it was written and through which it was read by its first readers and most…

R.T. Kendall writes, ‘For Joseph, vindication on the spot might have done something for him in that moment; but it wouldn’t have done anything for the kingdom of God. When we are mistreated in any way, we must realise that our suffering has profound and vast implications for the greater kingdom of God. There are…

As Rick Warren says, ‘In ministry, private purity is the source of public power.’ Click to Tweet

Jewish custom required that so long as the son of an adulteress lived a life pleasing to God, nothing insulting should be said about his birth.  But if he became an apostate, his illegitimate birth should be spoken of publicly and unsparingly.  So now the people of Nazareth recalled the rumors concerning the birth of…

Unbelief, the very thing that made Eve eat the forbidden fruit, kept Israel out of the Promised Land, caused the Jews to ignore their prophets, and ultimately led them to crucify their Messiah.  Unbelief is what blinds us to our selfishness and pride, allowing us to think somehow we will escape eternal judgment.  Unbelief causes…

A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out. A Christian Scientist came along and said, “You only think that you are in a pit.” A Pharisee said, “Only bad people fall into a pit.” A compassion-less Fundamentalist said, “You deserve your pit.” A Charismatic said, “Just confess that you’re not in a…