The ancient problem is that we are not naturally capable of the love that God requires of us. The ancient promise is that God never expected us to be. He sent the source of agape love himself, in the ...  Read More

Go and Live Likewise You are a child of God. That is your name. And with that name comes the ability -- the Spirit-empowered, lineage-tested, cross-confirmed ability -- to love this world the way it d...  Read More

Then there is justifying grace. The moment when we catch up with what is already true. When the gavel comes down. When we acknowledge the love that has been around us all along and receive it as our o...  Read More

Living With the Trinity: A Blanket, a Cape, and a Prayer ShawlThere is a question that sits quietly beneath much of the Christian life, one that most believers sense but rarely put into words: How exa...  Read More

When Jesus is with you, the One who calms the storms is by your side. Your perspective changes. Your confidence grows. The same waves that terrified you moments ago become manageable when you're walki...  Read More

Then came their stunning realization: "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the scriptures to us?" The burning heart—kardia in Greek—referred to the se...  Read More