The divine decree, “You will be holy,” is first and foremost about God coming to dwell within us. Our goodness comes because God dwells within us and not the other way...

In today’s passage, the apostle Paul insists that Jesus Christ is the only foundation for the Christian faith and the Christian life. This fits beautifully with the theme of God’s holiness...

While God’s holiness reminds us that God is altogether unlike creation, it also denotes the ways in which God draws near to creation in order to bring healing and renewal. When...

God is altogether different than creation. God transcends creation; God is holy! Today’s passage unfolds in a series of paired verses, each of which begins with a command or law that...

Just two verses long, today’s passage contains one of the most daunting commands in all of scripture: You shall be holy! It is one thing to say that we shall be...

If hearts are not on your mind this week, perhaps they should be! We are days away from that annual holiday of conversation hearts, heart doilies, and hearts poured out in...

One of the first things you likely learned—before you even went to school—was your alphabet. My infant son and I read book after book together that teach this building block of...

The time has come for the Corinthians to grow up. This early church had received the gospel from Paul when he spent more than a year and a half teaching them...

As Jesus continues expanding on the law of Moses as a way of life, a little cultural background is in order. Jesus’ society and culture defined adultery as the male of...

Matthew’s Gospel portrays Jesus as the new Moses, bringing God’s law and leading God’s people into freedom. Nowhere is the parallel more apparent than in the readings for the next two...