The world tells you that gain means more. More money, more options, more status. Paul has a completely different definition. And his version doesn't run out.

David has been meditating on the thoroughness of God's knowledge of him. You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I stand up. And then in verse 14 he arrives at praise.

Paul has been building his case for three chapters. And then chapter 5 opens with the conclusion that all of it produces. It is one of the most important sentences in the New Testament.

Paul has been writing about Moses who had to veil his face after encountering God. The new covenant removes the veil. And then he arrives at a verse that describes one of the most extraordinary processes in all of Scripture.

Jesus is in the middle of his extended teaching on anxiety. And he does something unusual. He directs his disciples' attention outward, away from their anxious thoughts, and toward the birds.

Paul has just confronted Peter publicly for withdrawing from gentile Christians. And out of that confrontation comes one of the most autobiographical and extraordinary sentences he ever wrote.

There is a particular kind of morning when this verse feels like a challenge. When the day ahead looks heavy. When the circumstances are not what you would have chosen. And yet the psalm insists.

There is a particular kind of morning when this verse feels like a challenge. When the day ahead looks heavy. When the circumstances are not what you would have chosen. And yet the psalm insists.

Isaiah has just had an overwhelming encounter with God. His first response is not enthusiasm. It is collapse. And it is only from the place of having been made clean that the famous words come.

Paul spends two chapters writing about spiritual gifts. Then he arrives at chapter 13 with a pivot that changes everything. All of it counts for nothing without love. And then he defines what love actually looks like.