(Reflections from Sunday's Message) They dragged her into the temple that morning.Dust swirled around her feet, shame clung to her shoulders.The crowd pressed close, their fists heavy with stones and hearts heavier with judgment. She was guilty, they said. The law was clear. The punishment was death. And then there was Jesus. He didn’t raise …
Some people wear their resumes like armor. Paul wore his like a scar. In 1 Timothy 1:12–17, we meet a man who never forgot who he was—or what Jesus had done to change that. Paul doesn’t airbrush his past. He doesn’t trim the edges or downplay the shame. He opens the drawer and shows us …
This week begins the sacred remembrance of Christ’s suffering as He walks the road to Golgotha. Each year, I trace those final steps again—through the pages of Scripture, along the shadowed path of sorrow that leads to the Cross. And today, one verse stopped me in my trek: “Then took they him, and led him, …
Continue reading Following Afar Off: When Love Hesitates (Luke 22:54)
They weren’t priests. They weren’t prophets. They weren’t kings or warriors. But their names made the list. Tucked into the book of Ezra, amid the roll call of returning exiles, you’ll find them—the Nethinim. Temple servants. Ordinary, overlooked, uncelebrated. A group of 392 men, grafted into God’s people (Ezra 2:58). They didn’t start out in …
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