This week we come to the topic of discipline. Too often we fail to appreciate the importance of directing a child in the way he should go. Discipline is aimed at a particular purpose, and Proverbs gives us direction on how we can pursue it.

When you think of the book of Proverbs, you don't usually think of a story. And yet, the book is framed up as though some event is underway. It reads as though it was meant to be presented to a Davidic heir undergoing preparation. And what is...

This week we continue in Proverbs as the father describes the process of gaining wisdom. He describes it like an initiation into a way of life, what the ancients would have called a paideia. The path is one of listening, of fearing the Lord, and...

This week we pause at the start of Lent to consider what it means to kill sin in our lives. Older writers called this the process of mortifying the flesh. Sin is overcome in our lives through urgency, through Christ's power, through goodness...

Paul is about to bring home his admonition of the church in Thessalonica, but before he does he stops to share his desires. He desires prayer from them, and he desires many things for them. This is a moment to see the heart of the apostle...

Last week, we read Paul's message of warning that those who fail to love the truth will not be welcomed into the kingdom. He wrote of a great deceiver in a line of great deceivers who will fool many by the end. Where does a Christian take...

Paul begins his second letter to the Thessalonians as he did his first: in thanks. God is at work in and through the Thessalonians, even in the midst of their sufferings. The sufferings of the Church seem chaotic in the moment, as though nothing is...

This week we we conclude our Advent series from 1 Corinthians 12:12-27. Join us as we explore what it means to be the body of Christ.