He said to them, "Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don't you put it on its stand? For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." "Consider carefully what ... read more
Defending Christ
When Christ is slurred everywhere in the media--and his followers with him--I can become discouraged. After the fight dies out in me (that charge-into-battle mentality that has me spitting out verses and defenses to my patient husband), I come to rest on one reality: Christ doesn't need my defense. ... read more
Questioning Through Mark: 4:10-20
When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that, "'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never ... read more
The Cure for Discontentment
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. Psalm 27:4 "Keep your eye on the ball." Who hasn't been told this at least once? Whether you actually plaid a sport ... read more
Lean Into the More
The longing for more . . . embrace it, lean into it, loose it in your core . . . as long as its object is Jesus Christ and your heavenly home. This is NOT discontentment. This is the knowledge of the greatest reality juxtaposed with the anguish of a broken existence. This is eternity in your heart, ... read more
Questioning Through Mark: 1:21-34
They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried ... read more
Questioning Through Mark: 1:14-20
Later on, after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, where he preached God's Good News. "The time promised by God has come at last!" he announced. "The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!" One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, ... read more
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