What is the Gospel? What is not the Gospel of Jesus? Just how personal is "my decision" for Jesus, when and if I make it? Our paradigms of the Christian faith are challenged by Paul's testimony to King Agrippa.

Human beings are both free and responsible; we do make choices, and our choices do matter. And yet it is also true that a plan and a purpose of God, however dimly it is perceived at times, is unfolding within our history.

As the saying goes, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Felix knows about Jesus and he spends two years having conversations about the Gospel of Christ. But he never acts on what he hears. He never crosses the line between knowledge and faith.

The twelfth day of Christmas - the Epiphany - is about God making His sovereignty known not just to Israel but also to all the peoples of the world.

Jon Alexanian preaches on John 2:1-11.

Only love can heal such a scar.

The glory of Christmas is that God is with us. We are not alone. We are not meant to be alone. In the birth of Christ, we encounter a God who refuses to leave us separated from him and from each other.

Rachel Zippwald. Filled by the Holy Spirit, Peter healed the sick, raised the dead, and was now content to sleep soundly in prison the night before his planned trial. The Church was praying earnestly for him, and when the Church prays, miracles happen.

Linda Woodbury. Some Jews choose to remain in the bubble in which we associate only with those who believe as we do. Others are willing to have their bubble burst for the sake of those who did not yet know Christ. That same dilemma exists for us today.

The transformation of the most unlikely disciple, Saul, proves to be earth shattering. But as is often the case, sometimes the aftershock can be more jolting than the initial rumble.