The thing we are most afflicted by is the thing we most admire in those who seem to have been healed of the affliction. It’s the fixation on the self–always monitoring and measuring it against others. How often do we need someone who loves us to tell...

We’ve seen Elijah bold, courageous, prayerful. Here we see him utterly depressed. Everything for which he has labored has, in his mind, failed to pan out. And now despite being a witness to the power of God he is being hunted by a vengeful queen. The...

How is one changed–an inner shift from a way of loss to a way of gain? Some have an approach they’ve either thought through or unconsciously adopted. Others may have given up on the possibility of change entirely–and a long time ago. Elijah has come...

In a period of great turmoil in ancient Israel’s history, idol worship had become ubiquitous. But God through the prophet Elijah pulled out all the stops to keep his people from “limping between two opinions.” It was nothing short of a divine showdown...

As a controlling idea or story for your life, you have 1,001 options–at a minimum. Why would the God of whom we hear in Elijah (and in whom we see in Jesus) be preferable to any other? Why this Lord? The exchange between a Gentile widow and an...

The gospel is news about being reconciled to God, not by what we have done, but by what Christ has done for us. It is all by grace. But how does obedience fit into that mix? How do we avoid diminishing its importance while at the same time not being...

Created in His image, we spend much of our lives seeking to understand our story; hearing echoes of answers throughout culture. We long to be found in a bigger story and unite with the Source of all beauty.

In film, “easter-eggs” are little recognitions of other stories which directors subtly sprinkle into their own work. Through our study of Mark’s gospel, we heard frequent references–easter-eggs you might say–to Elijah, the bold and still human prophet...

If Easter really happened—if Jesus is risen indeed—where’s the proof? The scriptures tell us that before his ascension, Jesus spent forty days demonstrating to his followers that he was alive. But he did more than quell their skepticism. Before he...

We conclude where we began, asking what it means to follow, not a “comfortable” or merely “admirable” Christ, but the true one. Here at the first discovery of His resurrection we find clear hints of what following that true Christ means, and it has...