One of my favorite events each Spring is the Kentucky Derby. I love the pomp and circumstance, the excitement of the race, as well as the fanfare leading up to the moment when the gates fling open and the horses shoot out onto the track at Churchill Downs. But more...
In the book of Hebrews, Jesus is no longer an itinerant Galilean preacher in the Judean countryside. Instead, He is the risen Messiah, reigning in heaven and “uphold[ing] the universe by the word of his power” (Heb 1:3). By the power of His death and resurrection, He...
Ironically, God is not mentioned a single time in the book of Esther. Nope, not even once. Seriously, go look for yourself, but I’ll tell you right now it’s a waste of time. The words El or Elohim? Zero...
You can imagine the scene: Israel is exiled in Babylon, and they have been there for seven decades. Seven decades of waiting and wondering. Seven decades for any lingering hopes of deliverance to dwindle. Seven decades asking whether God would rescue them from exile,...
Abraham journeying into the land of Canaan We’ve heard it said time after time, “God’s timing is not our own.” The statement may be cliché, but nevertheless, it consistently proves itself to be true. In the high-speed world we inhabit, it may even seem that God is...