If the baby in the manger was God—not just a guru, not just a supernatural being, not just the first created thing, not just a hologram, but God himself—it should make a difference in our lives.
Christmas is about the incarnation: God becoming human….
No place gives us a loftier and more penetrating view of who Jesus is than Colossians 1, which tells us that Jesus is a king.
This passage tells us Jesus is the king of all kings. One paragraph tells us about the kingship of Christ that is. The othe…
It’s one thing to have the gospel presented to you. It’s another thing to have it come to you.
According to this passage, it is very easy to miss the gospel. How do you know if the gospel has come to you?
This passage tells us four tests so you can…
The gospel changes the way we look at our money and possessions. If we understand the gospel, we should have a radically different relationship with money than what our culture says is normal.
To look at what the Bible says about this, let’s look at …
We all want peace, contentment, groundedness. And Jesus says, he will give us his peace. But he doesn’t just zap us with it. He says it comes through learning who he is.
John 16 is the end of the training course Jesus gives his disciples. It’s just b…
There’s a whole field now called happiness studies—whole departments in academia are dedicated to happiness studies. And of all the things I’ve read, none of them are as nuanced as what Jesus says.
Jesus says one of the main resources his disciples n…
When you’re about to die, you don’t make small talk. You talk about the most crucial, important things. And on the night before Jesus is about to die, he’s talking about the Holy Spirit.
Why is Jesus so constantly talking about the Holy Spirit? I th…
There’s no more important issue, spiritually, for people than the question of innocent suffering. We don’t struggle much with the suffering that comes to people who’ve brought it on themselves. The real problem is innocent suffering.
We’re looking a…
Exodus 33-34 remarkably depicts, in the most concrete way, how to find God. And not only how to find God, but how to find him when you’ve lost him.
The Bible often talks about our relationship with God as if it’s fire. It comes down into our lives. …
When we hear the word “sin,” we think we know what it means. But we don’t—not really.
If we don’t understand sin, then Christianity makes no sense. But even more so, if we don’t understand sin, then the knowledge of God’s love and grace won’t really…