. . . Abraham left the great civilization, the life of trying to build stairways to heaven, and walked faithfully with God on God’s earth. “Son of Abraham” is a term for those who live by faith in God. They believe that God is good and purposeful. They believe that God knows what he is […]
To read this post click here: Good News 3.1 Anointed About this series of reflections If God were to come to us in the flesh–if the Main Character of the story were to walk into our lives–we should recognize him from what he had revealed already. Matthew wrote his Gospel to a people group who […]
To read this blog click here: Good News 2.5 Caring About this series of reflections . . . in his months of silence, Zechariah noticed what God had been saying all along. God works in power to deliver his people out of fear and shame, out of sin and hate. God works in grace to […]
To read this post click here: Good News 2.4 Status About this series of reflections . . . Both Elizabeth and Mary were vividly conscious that God was working these amazing changes in their lives. They knew they were a part of something God had been doing from ancient times, and that they were experiencing […]
To read this post click here: Good News 2.3 Important About this series of reflections . . . Mary was upset and confused by this messenger. She wondered what was really going on. But the messenger said, “Mary, you can stop fearing. With God you find grace.” God is not the kind of authority who […]
To read this post click here: Good News 2.2 Living About this series of reflections . . . The messenger said, “John will announce God, so that the devotion of the ancestors will be poured upon a new generation, and apathetic minds will be fascinated with God’s ways, in order to get a whole community […]
To read this post click here: Good news 2.1 Story About this series of reflections . . . Names had meaning in that culture. Zechariah means “God remembers.” Abijah means “God is my Father.” Elizabeth means “God is my promise.” The names themselves are introducing us to the kind of God who is making […]
To read this post click here: Good News 1.2 John 1 About this series of reflections First, the Meaning already was. And Meaning was inseparable from God, who already was. And Meaning was this God who already was. Meaning is a Person, and He was inseparable from God from the first. Everything was made through […]
Good News 1.1 Gen 1 About this series of reflections . . . God was going to begin something with that formless, silent stuff. He was going to give shape to a place, and He was going to give movement to the lifeless. We get our first orientation from our surroundings, and from the experience […]
To read this reflection on the Lord’s Prayer click here: Kingdom Conversation . . . Do we initiate anything, or does everything simply happen to us? What if those are not the only options? What if neither of those accurately describes the relationship into which God calls us? What if we need a middle voice in which […]