23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me, for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things. Matthew 16:23 NRSVUE The above verse comes from a story in which Peter, in a flash of fear, tries to stop Jesus …
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Jun 09
“What Does It Mean to Be a Resurrection People?”
If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile, and you are still in your sins. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.(1 Corinthians 15:17, 19 Every year after Easter, I find myself returning to the same question: What does it mean to …
May 29
“Finding Rest in a Reliable Word”
2 Timothy 3:16–17; Hebrews 4:11–13 There are seasons when our hearts feel thin.When the noise of the world grows loud.When our own thoughts feel scattered.When we long—quietly, desperately—for a place to rest. In those moments, Scripture becomes more than a book. It becomes a refuge. And the passages before us this week remind us why. …
May 27
Why Christ Is the Hope of the World
Romans 8:18-25 Hope is a word our world uses often, but rarely understands.We “hope” the weather cooperates.We “hope” things get better.We “hope” people will change.In everyday speech, hope is little more than a wish—something fragile, uncertain, easily shaken. But the hope we meet in Christ is something entirely different. Romans 8 describes a world that …
