I don't remember when or how, but these words seemed so profound to me this week. Usually I pull from a passage of Scripture I'm currently reading, but I really couldn't help but talk about such an amazing statement: "It is finished." In the Greek, it is just one word: tetelestai. Even if you're familiar […]

Looking into the bathroom mirror I can almost see it. My tears slowly cover my eyes as if they're trying to protect me from seeing it. Strange as it may be, tears have a way of making an image even clearer. Through the rippled glass window of tears I see her plain as day. The soft thoughtful eyes […]

The world seems so loveless, doesn't it? Even in Scripture, our life on earth is painted in rather negative colors. Want examples? Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 calls everything vanity, Romans 8:21-21 says that creation is trapped in corruption and groaning, and 2 Corinthians 4:16 reminds us that we're wasting away. In Psalm 63, King David feels a […]

For That Which I Do Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you do or say something so blatantly against your own ideals and beliefs you shock even yourself? Suddenly drawn back by your own lack of discipline or moral character? You instantly feel an inner distance between who you are trying to […]

Let's be honest. The Bible can be confusing, and if it's not confusing, it often seems over-familiar or repetitive. So when you read a chapter like Mark 8, you might just glaze through it. After all, Christ has already miraculously fed a multitude of people, the Pharisees and disciples are just saying stupid things as […]