God continues to surprise us. In this story Peter faces several surprises. One comes in the acceptance of unacceptable people in the “in” group. A Jewish sect that is in the...

Jesus uses the word glorified (or some form) five times and the word love four times in these five short verses. Jesus also says farewell, explains who he is in terms...

Jesus calls his disciples to love one another as he has loved them. Sounds easy, right? But knowing that the disciples did not always get along and that Judas’s walking out...

We have a saying in Mexico that states, “Oh, Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States.” This is not a blessing. Sharing a three-thousand-mile-long border has...

When our youngest son was about six or seven years old, my husband and I were commenting on the dire situation of the world. Our son piped up to say, “Well,...

This story must be important because it repeats what the previous chapter has already told us. Namely, that Peter has had three consecutive visions about food. We know that Peter seems...

This praise psalm enthusiastically declares God’s sovereignty over the heavens and the earth. It uses an imperative “praise” form of the verb eleven times, thus urging us to action. Go and...

The religious leaders have trouble believing that Jesus is the Messiah. But what is hard for me to believe or even imagine is the aspect of eternal life and never perishing....

Jesus says, “The works . . . testify to me.” Spiritual leaders, politicos, government authorities, and corporate moguls know how to spin a good cover story, but can we trust their...

Understanding the value of diversity is a great struggle and a great theme in modern life. But two millennia ago the story of civilization as recorded in Revelation offers preview. Eventually...