Tuesday, March 18, 2025
As a casual fan, I love watching basketball this time of year. It’s a wild ride to the Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, and championship game. In the end, only one team claims the title, and the fans of that team will be proud and happy! Then it’s over until next year. But what… Read more
Monday, March 17, 2025
Jesus has been invited to a banquet on the Sabbath. As usual, the Pharisees at the banquet are watching him, looking for ways to discredit him. Quite by chance (uh-huh!), a man shows up in front of Jesus whose arms and legs are swollen. Perhaps he was suffering from congestive heart failure or kidney damage;… Read more
Saturday, March 15, 2025
In Luke 13:31-35, some Pharisees came to Jesus and warned him that Herod wanted to kill him. Jesus responded from a place of deep sadness: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her… Read more
Friday, March 14, 2025
God commands his people in Deuteronomy 5:12-15 to observe the Sabbath as a way to remember their freedom from slavery in Egypt. For God’s people, the Sabbath is their Independence Day! The Bible tells us there are all kinds of ways to be a slave—to an empire, a chronic illness, our habits, or even the… Read more