We know that declaring independence from a tyrannical force aspired to freedom. But what if a true and deep freedom comes from an earnest declaration of dependence?

Israel knew the disappointment of what it felt as though God had abandoned them. Here they sing of His clear intervention in their rescue. Apparently it was a close call. How do we sing--live moreover--with the same vigor and confidence they do...

How do you ascend--rise above and remain at peace--when mockery inevitably descends?

All summer we’ll move our way through the collection of biblical songs known as the Psalms of Ascent (Pss 120-134). These were songs which were sung by God’s people during the uphill journey to worship in Jerusalem, which resided on the highest point...

All summer we’ll move our way through the collection of biblical songs known as the Psalms of Ascent (Pss 120-134). These were songs which were sung by God’s people during the uphill journey to worship in Jerusalem, which resided on the highest point...

The summer upon us, the season we’ve been through--they both stir a deep desire to find that elusive thing called rest. If we’re fortunate to get away, or just escape the routine for a bit, we may very well get what we’re looking for. But when Jesus...

It rings as a kind of truth to hear that the brevity and unpredictability of life warrants a certain posture toward life--one of urgency and intensity. How does the hope of resurrection both affirm that posture, but also challenge it?

We’ve already acknowledged the idea of resurrection is preferable. But how can it be even remotely plausible?

Mothers can make us or break us. (That’s also true of fathers.) In grasping what a mother aspires to be--mothers both biological and spiritual--we see something of what God intends to be for His. In fact Scripture reveas that connection runs deeper...

When we think of resurrection we naturally (and properly) think of the life following death and of its ultimate transformation. But the wonder and glory of that truth notwithstanding, there’s far more to what the resurrection points to. It’s the...