In this fallen world, the idea of having a master is often tainted by histories of abuse or neglect. It can seem that the best answer is to be one's own master (i.e. I listen to, am accountable to, and answer to no one but myself because no one knows me better than I...

And if (God) didn’t spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood on the world of the ungodly . . . then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials. (2 Peter 2:5, 9a) By faith Noah, after...

In our present times, Artificial Intelligence is the hot topic. Let’s think about human intelligence. When I first touched a computer way back in the 1980’s there was an expression among programmers that is still true of so much in life: “Garbage in, garbage out.” The...

“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with…” (2 Peter 1:5) God’s plan for your life isn’t just to hand you a one-way ticket out of hell and into heaven, even as incredible as that is. His great plan is to actually change you from the inside...

It’s easy to come to the conclusion that, if I have tried and failed to force myself to change, I simply cannot change. However, Peter wrote that God “has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature” (2...

Because of her unique relationship with Jesus, it’s easy to forget the humanity of Mary, mother of our Lord. We should not forget that she needed to rely on people around her in daily life. Mary’s uniqueness of experience must have also brought with it a kind of...

And the glory of the LORD will appear, and all humanity together will see it, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken. (Isaiah 40:5) The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and...

And when Jesus drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.” (Luke 19:41,42) If your first language is English, the word “peace” brings to...

He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. (Malachi 3:3) Are you walking through conflict in your home or in your workplace...

One need not look far to see the brokenness of our earthly existence. When considering what it means to expect righteousness, my initial thoughts ran along the lines of how there is a certain futility in expecting to see on earth, right now, the kind of righteousness...