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...

We live in a culture that celebrates choice. We have a vast number of options for what airline to fly, what cell phone carrier to use, what side we’d like with...

For generations in Egypt, a small but growing group called the Hebrews lived in slavery, brutally oppressed by the powerful Pharaoh. Their circumstances changed when God led them out of Egypt...

Today’s passage helps us understand qualities of discipleship and puts forth two images for Christian community: salt and light. Salt is an amazing ingredient that flavors and preserves. Yet, when “salt...

I heard a story about Mother Teresa when she was beginning her ministry to the poor and dying in Calcutta, India. She had taken a plate of food to a woman...