Following Jesus is not for the faint of heart. Paul compares it to fighting a fight and a running race. He tells Timothy he will need to be...

Paul’s positivity was about faith in Jesus, not about naive optimism. Paul was no fool and was under no illusions about the state of the...

When Paul wrote this letter, he was in prison. Likely, this was his second Roman imprisonment. He was bound with chains and waiting to be...

Peter’s conclusion to his final letter will be our conclusion to a year of thinking about our salvation, purification, sanctification,...

When Jesus was born, “a multitude of the heavenly host” announced the Good News to shepherds, saying, “Glory to God in the highest,...

During the Christmas season it is not uncommon to walk into a store or turn on a movie and hear the Good News about Jesus being proclaimed...

One of the major themes of the Bible is “peace” (shalom). We love the idea of peace and we want peace. However, left to our own...

Every generation of God’s people has handed the baton of praise to the next. We have picked up the baton from our parents’ and...

To “glorify God” or do something “to his glory,” means spreading God’s fame and good reputation in the world. Praise should be...