“We are little fishes, born in the water after the image of our Ichthys, Jesus Christ.” -Tertulian

“Go tell the people all the words of this Life.” That is what the angel told the apostles when he sprung them from prison. What is ‘this Life’ the angel spoke of other than Jesus who is the resurrection and the life?

“Why do you look for the living among the dead?” That is what the angel asked the women when they came to Jesus’ tomb Easter morning. We look for life in all the wrong places, from fellow death bound sinners. But Christ is living and the giver of life.

The donkey and the cross show us that God’s salvation looks foolish to the world.

With all the talk about the meaning of Christmas there isn’t as much focus on why it matters.

All four themes of Advent, hope, love, joy, and peace come from faith in Jesus. Hope is the expectation for the object of faith to be realized.

We read in the end of the Bible the victory of the Saints before the throne. The end is certain because Christ is risen yet we are in suspense until we get to the end ourselves.

“The truth will set you free” many things are true but cannot set you free. Only the truth that is the Word of God incarnate can and will set you free indeed.

Is it more difficult to fit a camel through the eye of a needle or a person to get into heaven? With man it is impossible, but not with God.

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. Is he good merely as a teacher of moral precepts written down in the law or as the only begotten of God?