Can I Get A Witness?

2 Peter 1:16-21 Postmodern sages would have us believe that certainty is only an illusion in the minds of fanatics and fools. Despite such aspersions, the human mind continues to seek after certainty because the human heart craves security. Certainty begets...

3 Simple Rules

Micah 6:1-8 Nobody wants to receive a summons to court, especially family court. Every family has its fair share of dirty laundry. Who doesn't cringe at the thought of having it aired in public?...

So, What’s The Good News?

Matthew 4:12-17; Isaiah 9:1-4 It was a typical news night: stories of national political corruption; wars abroad; local murders, rapes, and thefts. Four hundred years, same old news, when suddenly a prophet appeared with a late breaking report: "The kingdom of Heaven is...

“Look, The Lamb Of God!”

John 1:29-42 John the Baptist understood the Passover ritual as a picture of the sacrifice of Christ. Seeing Jesus coming toward him John said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (vs. 29). John repeated his prophetic proclamation the next...

Pilgrimage From Prejudice

Acts 10:34-43 Like most people who grew up in northwest Louisiana in the mid twentieth century, I absorbed a lot of racial prejudice from my culture. I didn't realize it at the time, of course, for prejudice of all kinds is usually unconscious and unintended. In time God let me see...

How To Cope With Calamity

Isaiah 60:1-6 A preacher of national renown and chaplain to the halls of government warned for years that the nation was ripening for judgment. He was largely ignored. When the worst came, he might have been tempted to say "I told you so," but instead he began...

Following The God Of Your Dreams

Matthew 2:13-23 Have you ever been homesick? I mean, really homesick? I can remember one occasion in my life when I was homesick....

A Big Role With Few Lines

Matthew 1:18-25 The adult characters of the Christmas story are worth some attention, especially Joseph and Mary. They were called to perceive this strange thing that God was doing in history and then to participate at no small cost to themselves in the...

“A Real Homecoming”

Isaiah 35:1-10 During the time of the prophecy of Isaiah, as most Christians know, Babylon deported Israel to a far away land. Of course, scholars tell us that at most those whom the Babylonians deported numbered no more than 10% of the population. Nonetheless, the...

“We Give Thanks For More Than Presents”

Philippians 1:3-11 Christmas cheer is in the air although we are barely into the season of Advent. For many of in our culture today the Christmas season begins at Thanksgiving. For some, however, Christmas festivities begin even prior to Thanksgiving Day. Yet, in order to...