On the subject of wealth, Proverbs gives us a paradox. On the one hand, one must not seek wealth. On the other hand, wealth can be a good thing and is often a consequence of wisdom. This means that a person must never seek wealth as a means in...

In Proverbs, words are not just words. They are capable of building up and tearing down setting fires and putting them out. Wisdom is to know the use of words and to put them toward gracious and godly ends.

This week we return to the Proverbs series, reflecting now on topics beyond that of the family. We will be considering money, speech, work, and other topics, beginning this week with friendship. In Proverbs, good friends bring a particular kind of...

The story of the Bible finally culminates In the revealing of of the sons of God, the renewing of creation, and the vision of the face of God. Christians hold that all things will be made new in Christ, and the end of the story is really only the...

The Church is the Body of Christ, saved by the body of Christ, and gathered around the Body of Christ. This week we see from Scripture how we ought to imagine God's people. We are a people called to gather so that we might receive life from...

This week we come to what may be the most difficult part of the Christian story for those (like us!) who live in secularized cultures. One writer (Voltaire) famously said that "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody...

The message of the Christian faith is a message of new life. On offer are many theories of how we experience new life. Do we reinvent ourselves and make our own meaning? Do we die and live again numerous times until our soul is mature enough to join...

This week we come to the idea of unrighteousness. Humanity both needs God's judgment, and yet no one would be vindicated by God's judgment. We need righteousness, but in asking for righteousness we may be asking to be judged unrighteous in...

When we consider it as a physical phenomenon, death is the end of respiration. Yet our imagination is limited when this is the only lens through which we see death. Understood rather as a spiritual phenomenon, death is separation from the life of God...