It’s hard to judge which in our current climate is more pervasively or passionately discussed: one’s personal or group identity. Neither sense of identity is foreign to what it means to be a follower of Jesus. But while modern conceptions center...

It’s hard to judge which in our current climate is more pervasively or passionately discussed: one’s personal or group identity. Neither sense of identity is foreign to what it means to be a follower of Jesus. But while modern conceptions center...

There’s an old song, written by an orphan, popularized by a crooner, and sung as a bookend to a major film that makes a bold claim: the greatest thing you’ll ever do is to love and be loved in return. What if that might just be true? We who love so...

So far in this letter, Paul has barely come up for air, reveling in how God has shown His glory and grace in and through Jesus. Here in this passage he lets His praise of God turn to prayer for those who’ve come to believe. His prayer makes an appeal...

The praise of God is central to the life of someone who knows God. But how erratically or temporarily do we experience what is meant to captivate our inner being until it spills over into words and works? We cannot force it but can we deny the...

Two things diminish our soul: despondency and complacency. The former darkens our hearts; the latter makes us indifferent to our hearts. Paul launches into his letter with a litany of claims that we’re meant to see and know as blessings. It’s the...

Edward Isingoma will be sharing the message in the worship service as part of our Global Missions Fair

The melodies you most remember are those that move you–inwardly and outwardly. What song worth its salt doesn’t make you at least think of dancing to it? The book of Ephesians is in roughly two parts: the song of the gospel and the dance of the...

The last of the ten commandments you might say is the hardest because it means more than choosing a behavior but transforming a desire. And who of us can simply change what we want as an act of will? The command not to covet–to desire deeply...

In his rules for life, God commanded his people to not steal another person’s property. This is basic legislation in every civil society. But, as we’ve seen throughout this series, God’s rules are always vertical and horizontal; stealing is first...