He walked to the podium and paused. Then he punctured the silence with five words: “We,” he said, “are a temporary substance.”
“Imagination is key to the thriving God intends for us,” says international artist Makoto Fujimura. And he believes our faith will grow...
Last year I received an envelope in the mail that caused my heart to stir as I recognized the return address. Tearing open the letter with rapid speed, I read the longed-for words...
No matter what we do, or how hard we work, many people will not understand us or what our lives are truly about.
Those who believe that Christ makes all things new are contributors of hope.
If we’re sinful people, how is it possible for us to come into the presence of a sinless, perfect God? And if...
In a classic scene from C. S. Lewis’s book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Susan and Lucy are talking with...
Coarse patches of sun-bleached grass poked up at my shoulder blades as I lay on earth’s surface, scouring the heavens. The playground...
This winter, it snowed for ten consecutive days. We woke to freshly fallen snow every morning, and it seemed as if the night hours birthed the world new again. The grime and gray...
Over the years, "Away in a Manger" has been the source of considerable perplexity for me, though I've always felt fond of the song.
Does God understand us? How does God regard us when we struggle? When we’re discouraged? When we’re tempted? Hebrews 2:10-18 offers an encouraging answer to these questions. ...
How can we escape from the power of sin and death? How can we experience forgiveness? How can we live each day in unbroken relationship with God? Answers to these questions can be...
When a downtrodden Nathan told his wife Sophia he had been fired from his job, she was elated. She cried: "Now, you can write your book!"
My friend Earl Palmer once visited a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. When it came time to go, he boarded a small plane. The young pilot described what their launch by catapult would feel like.
Ray's new botany teacher handed him a river plant and told him to study its leaves, roots, and blossom. Fifteen minutes later...
Phyllis is amazing. Day after day she shows up for volunteer work. She cooks for people, visits them, cares for them.
Sylvia is married and has two young children. At a recent party, as people exchanged small talk, someone asked Sylvia what she did. "What do I do?" I heard Sylvia say. "I'm a...
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race...
The book of Hebrews offers a deep foundation for understanding the value of work in the world.
The book of Hebrews offers a deep foundation for understanding the value of work in the world. It offers practical help for overcoming evil at work, developing a rhythm of work and rest...
Critical to the theology in Hebrews is that Christ created and sustains the world. He is the Son “through whom [God] also...
Although Christ created the world entirely good, it has become tainted and subject to “the one who has the power of death...
As much as the creation is therefore the good work of God in Christ, there is still a stark contrast between the...
The central section of Hebrews is dominated by the theme of Jesus as our great high priest. Taking Psalm 110 as his...
Jesus, through his self-sacrifice, succeeded in taking away human sin forever. “When Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for...
Lech Walesa Lech Walesa’s path to becoming the president of Poland reached its pivotal moment on August 14, 1980 when he jumped...
Hebrews moves from providing examples of faithful saints to providing challenges for the people of its own day. Like the rest of...
One of the widespread misunderstandings of Hebrews is that it pits the heavenly (uncreated) world against the earthly (created) one, that it...
Amid the various concluding exhortations in Hebrews 13, two have a special relevance for work. Let us begin with Hebrews 13:2 where it says, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for...
The second work-related exhortation in chapter 13 concerns the love of money: “Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, ‘I...
Fish Guts and the Kingdom of God Nancy Matheson Burns, CEO of food distributor Dole & Bailey, describes reconsidering her career choices...
Hebrews summons us into the world of God’s promise to Abraham— a promise to bring all humanity into the sacred space of his kingdom. It announces the fulfillment of God’s will to incorporate...
If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb...
Wayne’s upstairs home office has a splendid vista looking out over trees to the hills beyond. And when he goes downstairs, the...
Do you wonder if God has anything to say about your work? Explore key verses from each chapter of the Bible that...
The letters of the New Testament offer many examples of modern workplace dilemmas. These letters can come alive if students are taught to see their current-day application. Here are some of the issues...
