Reflections on 1 Samuel 18. “I’m not against Christianity. It’s just not for me.” Have you ever heard someone say something like that? Many people see Jesus as just another religious option. They assume they can remain neutral. Christianity works for some people, they say, but they’ll choose a different path. The problem is that… Continue reading There Is No Neutral Ground with Jesus
What Death Can Teach Us About Life
Death has a way of stopping us in our tracks. Most of us spend our lives trying not to think about it. We stay busy. We make plans. We exercise, eat healthy food, buy insurance, take our vitamins, and hope for the best. Our culture does everything it can to push death to the edges… Continue reading What Death Can Teach Us About Life
The Most Significant Event in History
If someone asked you to name the most significant event in world history, what would you choose? Perhaps the invention of the wheel. Or the printing press that put books—and eventually Bibles—into the hands of ordinary people. Maybe the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the discovery of penicillin, the World Wars, or even the invention of… Continue reading The Most Significant Event in History
Stop Trying to Slay Your Giants
Reflections on 1 Samuel 17. Few Bible stories are more famous than David and Goliath. We hear it everywhere: “Face your giants. Be brave like David. Slay the giants in your life.” But if that is the main lesson of 1 Samuel 17, we have missed the heart of the story. The truth is far… Continue reading Stop Trying to Slay Your Giants
Looking Beyond Appearances
Reflections on 1 Samuel 16 How God delights to call and use the most unexpected people—supremely seen in the Lord Jesus Christ, our unexpected Saviour. We all have different points of view. We can watch the same soccer match and come away with completely different analyses. We can read reports of the same event from… Continue reading Looking Beyond Appearances