John's vision in the book of Revelation show that Jesus's birth is already being met with violent opposition. The enemy will pursue Jesus and attack him. But this Christ-child we…
We celebrate Christ's gift of Love at Christmas. We do experience warm, loving feelings associated with Christmas: familiar carols, decorated trees, children opening presents, hot apple cider. And Jesus of…
Christ offers us a gift of joy. Jesus specifically singles out two things in which he takes joy: (1) when we use a gift we have in service to the…
God is described as "resting" in creation on day 7. Not only is creation complete, but God is now residing in his creation. His intention is to dwell with us, his…
We conclude our Good Shepherd series by looking at John 10. Jesus is once again the Good Shepherd, leading people of different flocks. He proclaims that the sheep that are…
Mark 6 offers four well-known stories we probably learned in Sunday School as children: (1) Jesus sending out the disciples 2-by-2; (2) the killing of John the Baptist; (3) Jesus…
Jesus continues to add to the Good Shepherd biblical theme with his telling of the shepherd who leaves the 99 sheep to go look for the one lost sheep. As…
Ezekiel continues to add further details to the Good Shepherd theme, most notably by pointing out that there are bad sheep, in addition to the bad shepherds. Yet, there is also…
The Good Shepherd theme famously described in Psalm 23 is actually picked up and further developed in a number of places in the Bible. We begin our Good Shepherd series…
