Size of Forgiveness

Luke 7:47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”  We love to hear about transformed lives. But not all lives! When someone takes a radical turn toward self-destruction, we don’t like those stories. We want to think that theContinue reading “Size of Forgiveness”

Not a Bright Future

Luke 2:34-35 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”Continue reading “Not a Bright Future”

A Powerful Start

Luke 1:1-2 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.  One of the cultural myths that still is promulgated among the intellectual elites isContinue reading “A Powerful Start”

John 19:15 Bitter Taste

John 19:15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.  Sometimes the words we speak can leave a bitter taste in our mouths. The words carry a message that is filled with truth, but truth that weContinue reading “John 19:15 Bitter Taste”