By Name
“The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out”. I was struck by this verse today. It is not as if Jesus just says, “church” or “elect” and all those that are… Continue Reading
Jesus
When Lady Wisdom is Mute (Part 3)
Lady Wisdom is mute. But Jesus isn’t. There in the midst of the wilderness Jesus is present. We do not eat the rancid fruit of pride alone. In fact Christ has already taken the sting out of that fruit. It’s… Continue Reading
It Doesn’t Change the Promise
C.S. Lewis once quipped: “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” (Problem of Pain, 140) I agree with Lewis that… Continue Reading
Michael Scott and the Reading of Scripture
This is one of my favorite quotes from The Office (sorry for the quality): Do you ever feel this way after reading Scripture? Sometimes the word feels like somebody “took my heart, and dropped it into a bucket of boiling… Continue Reading