Latest Devotional Messages
One Unifying Purpose
In a world of dizzyingly rapid change, multiple options, competing demands, conflicting desires, and limited personal resources, is there any way to find coherence in our lives? What overarching concept, single goal, clarifying lens, or fundamental principle can bring this... continued »
Multiple Offenders
Perhaps the hardest thing to do in life is to forgive someone who repeatedly offends you. It’s much easier to pardon, or even overlook, an occasional slap in the face, but to forgive someone who has time and again hurt... continued »
Redundant Repetition?
Jesus had already said much the same thing not long before this (Matthew 16:21). Why this second prediction of His death and resurrection – to be followed by a third (20:18-19)? Is this merely redundant repetition? No! Jesus would never... continued »
Learning from John the Baptist
Three disciples had seen Moses and Elijah talking with the Lord when Jesus was transfigured before them, and had been ordered not to tell anyone about the vision until “the Son of Man is risen from the dead” (17:3, 9).... continued »
Taking up the Cross
What does Jesus mean when He requires each of His followers to “take up his cross”? Remember that the cross was an instrument of death, the cruelest form of execution available to the Romans, reserved only for the worst offenders.... continued »
Divine Denial
This radical call for self-denial comes from the only Man who fully denied Himself. He left the beauty, comfort, and glory of heaven to enter into this world of suffering and sorrow. In the process, He obscured His peerless “family”... continued »