Everyone loves a comeback. It's why we watch when our team is down. We believe they can come back to win. The darkest night ends at sunrise. Spring comes back to defeat winter every time. Green is breaking through on the hills right now. Wildflowers are starting...
Jesus is heading into Jerusalem for Passover - a week-long festival commemorating national deliverance from the oppressive power of Egypt. This time, Jesus would be playing the role of the lamb. The political and religious powers will play the part of Egypt. All eyes are on...
My early faith came with a hearty helping of rapture fever. Bumper stickers warned, “Get right or get left!” We sang, “You’ve been left behind!” to scare our friends into accepting Christ. Honestly, I just wanted Jesus to hold off until I got to have sex. I...
We opened our new church home two years ago on Easter to packed crowds. Last year we shot a video in the parking lot with no crowds but more viewers then we would have had in person. This year we are primed for a comeback. The...
"Unless you repent, you too will perish." Jesus (Luke 13:5) Everyone was talking about the news. Pilate slaughtered some tourists from Jesus' area while they were in the temple. It was gruesome and sudden. Their blood mixed with the blood of the passover lambs on the...
Up, up, up. Real estate, stocks, bitcoin. All the markets seem to be going up. Investors are benefiting from the somewhat volatile but exciting ride and wondering when to jump off the train before a crash or at least a correction. Jesus tells a story in...
In Luke’s Gospel we already saw Jesus call the twelve and make them his apostles or emissaries. He has spoken a lot to his disciples or students who included a larger number. In chapter ten, he appoints seventy-two others and sends them out in pairs...
There was an old game show called “To Tell The Truth”. Contestants would hear a story about a person and then meet panelists who each claimed to be that person. The contestants could ask questions and then take guesses at which one was telling the...
John had pointed his disciples to Jesus. He had baptized him in the Jordan. But now as he sat in prison and Jesus did nothing to get him out, he was having his doubts. Nothing was working out the way he thought it should. He...
"You don't use old containers to store new wine. As the wine ferments it expands and it will break a brittle container. You need a flexible new container to expand with the new wine. Otherwise the wine will be lost." Luke 5:37 TRPV (Todd Rodarmel...
