Read John 14:23-29. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. (John 14:27) Are you at peace? Are you calm in all situations, Read more…
Read John 13:31-35. I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. (John 13:34) What is the substance of this new glory with which Jesus was glorified? The difference now, the change, the new glory, is Read more…
Your shepherd Read Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, and John 10:22-30. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. (Psalm 23:1) If the Lord is to be your shepherd, you must be his sheep. If the Lord is your shepherd, he will care and provide for your every need. He Read more…
Read John 20:19-31. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. (John 20:23) After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples singly and in groups. He had different words for each. “Why are you weeping?” “Put your Read more…
Read John 20:11-18. Why are you weeping? (John 20:13) Angels seem usually to appear to announce big news. You are going to have more descendants than there are stars in the sky. You are going to have a baby. To you is born a savior. But these angels have only Read more…
Read Philippians 2:5-11. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And Read more…
Read Philippians 3:4b-14. Rubbish. (Philippians 3:8) May I drive 30 mph in a 25 zone? I have spent an embarrassing amount of time thinking about this question. For a time I religiously paid attention to speed limits and to my own speed. I think I’ve driven my wife to exasperation Read more…
Read 2 Corinthians 5:16-21. We entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20b) Our Lord said “I am the light of the world.” This light travels the land with the speed of, well, light, and it does not return before it illumines. This light draws Read more…
Psalm 63:1-8. My flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water (Psalm 63:1b). Where is that dry and weary land where there is no water? Where is that land of emptiness and of solitude? Where is that land of thirst and of Read more…
Read Philippians 3:17-4:1. For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ (Philippians 3:18a) Enemies in the church! Idolators! Many of them! They worship their bellies or their treasures or their pleasures or their honor. Their mind is on earthly things and they are bound for destruction. They are Read more…