“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”~ Revelation 21:3–4...
Last night I had a nightmare. I woke up with a start, trying to reorient myself. Usually, when I wake up from a bad dream, I am so relieved when I realize that what I have imagined isn’t true. Not this time. I was dreaming that a terrible disease was threatening my family and the whole world, and right now a dreadful disease is threatening our world. The news keeps getting worse, not better...
Jesus’s words in Scripture capture who he was and what he was about. His last words spoken on the cross, in the midst of immense suffering, were full of forgiveness, hope, and compassion—perhaps even more so than any other words he spoke on Earth. In Last Words: Seven Sayings from the Heart of Christ on the Cross, Robert J. Nash offers a fresh perspective on the obedience of the cross, revealing...
Like most of us right now (or is it just me?), I am drawn to the news like a moth to a flame. Always checking to see what the latest virus counts are and where the new hot spots are. A few days ago, the headline of our local paper was “From Bad to Worse.” Yesterday I met virtually with a group of friends. We shared story after story of those whose lives were already difficult and suddenly, as...
Much has been written on the topic of God’s sovereignty and how we approach a pandemic like COVID-19. From churches and universities refusing to close their doors because they declare, they trust God more than medicine, to social media pundits touting their faith above all things, it seems we may have lost sight of something fundamentally true about the God we serve and the faith we profess. In...
