Jesus, quoting Moses, says that the greatest good for a human is to love God with all our being and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. This at least implies that self-love is good and healthy, but it places healthy self-love in the context of relationship. We...
In this epistle reading, Paul reminds the Romans that God specifically chose them before the world. And those he chose he also justified and glorified. Paul then explains the implications of this message, it means that nothing can separate them from the love of God....
Okay, ‘who has the final word’ in your family? The parable of the Weeds in Matthew 13 isn’t about your family or my family, it is about the reign of God in this broken topsy turvy world wherein the devil continues to plant his evil temptations around us to the point...
In spite of our culture’s current skepticism about knowledge, people nevertheless are desperate to know what’s real and true. How is this possible? How can we find a model of knowing that doesn’t artificially divide “faith” and “knowledge”? How can we avoid the...
Human history is headed toward a magnificent goal, the return of Jesus and the renewal of all creation. On the road to that goal Jesus calls his people to participate with him in this restorative mission, which is to do in Jesus' name and by his power the...
