Witnesses show up when truth is obscured by alternate accounts or distractions that draw our attention away. John’s witness focuses us on what is most true so we will be ready for Jesus when he appears. … More Witnesses Reveal What Is True
It has been said that every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets. Our systems and institutions have been perfectly designed to do just the opposite of what Jesus envisions. When Christ reigns, the ways of this world are turned upside down. … More Reign of Christ: A Festival for Our Time
What if Jesus really believes that everything belongs to God, and so when he says, “Give to the emperor what is the emperor’s, and give to God what is God’s,” what he actually means is, “Give to the emperor nothing, because everything belongs to God”? … More Render unto Caesar Nothing
God’s extravagant grace is deeply offensive until we realize that sometimes we are the Ninevites who have been spared God’s wrath, that we are the ones who had been standing around until evening and only worked a few hours but still got a full day’s wage. Sometimes we are the ones the world deems unworthy yet somehow still receive mercy. God’s grace extends even to us. … More God’s Extravagant Generosity
We are not to have conflict the way the world has conflict–to exchange angry words or resort to name calling. Nor are we supposed to give up and walk away. When one person has harmed another we have to confront it. But Jesus says, the goal is not vengeance or punishment but reconciliation, restoration, relationship. … More Investing in One Another
