In this section of Scripture the Roman Procurator, Pontius Pilate, is trying to determine how to dispose of the “problem” of Jesus. He is thinking about his job of keeping peace in the province of Palestine, of keeping the local authorities of the Sanhedrin...

Jesus’ embodied presence was the medium of his ministry - he willfully operated within the confines of human experience and connected with people in this way. Often, he offended the deeply held beliefs of many through matter and physicality: eating and drinking with...

I pray also for those who will believe in me . . .  that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:20-21) Suppose that you had lived and worked in a...

Words are so important. Just ask the Apostle John who begins his Gospel by saying, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” In John 15:26, he uses the Greek word parakletos which our ESV translation calls “the Counselor.” Let’s...

There’s a video that went viral on Instagram called The Man on the Middle Cross. It’s a short clip from a sermon by Alistair Begg, a well known preacher in the U.S. with a cool Scottish accent. In the clip, Begg talks about the moment when three men were hanging on...

When I realize it’s time to apply for a new job, it’s exciting to consider what may happen in the next chapter. But, I also feel a bit of anxiety about the interview process. Questions go through my mind… lots of questions at times, but they all seem to boil down to...

Let’s start with the basics. What does the word “vigilance” mean? It is a state of being watchful or alert for danger or some other kind of trouble. So, with that definition let’s look at the context of what Peter is talking about in order to understand more deeply....

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...