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Click here to listen to this post! Throughout our history God has spoken to our ancestors by his prophets in many different ways. The revelation he gave them was only a fragment at a time, building one truth upon another. But to us living in these last days, God now speaks to us openly in the language of a Son, the appointed Heir of everything, for through him God created...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! That God would want to talk to us, reveal Himself to us, sinful as we are, unheedful of Him as we are, is beyond amazing. And when we ignore Him, retreat from Him, or outright disobey Him, He still keeps trying, still pursues us, still desires fellowship. What extravagant love. The intimate, Edenic fellowship between God and man was sha...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being,sustaining all things by his powerful word (Hebrews 1:3a). You may have noticed that it's relatively easy to describe someone you don't know well, someone you've just glanced at. For example, a person who has held the door for you, you may describe as "kind...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! In the past God spoke to our forefathers through prophets at many times and in various ways,but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son (Hebrews 1:1-2). I like walking in the woods or along a beach. And I especially enjoy it when accompanied by someone who knows things that I don't about the ground we're covering. I don't kno...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! As we are walking and praying our way towards Easter, we launch into a new series this week: Jesus, the Radiance of God's Glory. Our Scripture passages each week will come from the Book of Hebrews. There is hardly time enough to drill deeply into the rich mine that is this somewhat strange and possibly unfamiliar book, so we will be conc...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God (Romans 14:12). Over the years, I've heard and used different variations of this phrase: "You can't control how other people respond. You can only manage..." and then I complete the statement with something like: "your own behavior", "your reaction", "your engagement." You get...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unityamong yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouthyou may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him,so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters (Romans 14:1). let us stop passing judgment on one another (Romans 14:13a). If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love (Romans 14:15a). The center, circumference, essence, magnetism of our faith is the love of God ...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! It's God we are answerable toall the way from life to death and everything in betweennot each other. That's why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.Romans 14:8,9 (MSG) In exploring how to Disagree Deeply, L...
Keep ReadingClick here to listen to this post! We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.Each of us should please our neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christdid not please himself (Romans 15:1-3) Who gets to be pleased? Whose preferences prevail? Is it "my way or the highway"or is there another, better way? In Romans ...
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