The drive for validation, for a life that counts for something, is a basic human drive. But this parable warns us against looking for validation in the wrong place, and points us to the only source we can depend on.

Jesus speaks of two men, two lives, and two destinations. Will we listen to God’s word or live for this life alone?

What do you expect for your future? How does that affect you today?

Through two stories of loss and recovery, Jesus shows us the surprising beauty of God's love for sinners.

What if the greatest meal in the world was open to everyone? Then the question wouldn't be whether you can get in, but whether you want to come.

God's kingdom begins in obscurity and ends in glory. This reality takes our focus off what seems impressive to us, and puts it on the God who's at work and what he's promised to us.

Using the parable of the fig tree, Jesus teaches that God patiently looks for the fruit of repentance in his people; those who do not produce it will finally be cut down!

What our wealth is to us is a powerful sign of who God is to us.

How do we come to God? Jesus tells his disciples to pray with a shameless audacity so that they might receive what they most need – the Holy Spirit.