Mary and Joseph endure a travel nightmare and end up having baby Jesus in a stable so that Jesus can inhabit the lowest place because the lowest place is the only place everyone can access. This way Jesus can be a Savior for Everyone. Jesus shows us God's hospitality by taking on flesh. He calls…

Most of us have plans for our lives, but those plans seldom look like the lives we end up living. Sure, most plans require adjustment over time, but when we follow Jesus, God redirects our lives. God isn't interested in ensuring we have greater happiness, comfort, security or a good reputation. Instead, he's more interested…

The Jews of Jesus' time expected their messiah to come both as a judge and a healer, but Jesus' ministry focuses almost exclusively on the healing part. Why is that? It's because even the best of us doesn't measure up to God's standard of righteousness. Jesus must come and do a work of healing so…

While the bible contains lots of rules, at its heart, it's not a rulebook. It's about a relationship between God and his people, who happen to have a serious sin problem. If you were to read the Bible apart from this relationship, you might think that God is harsh, that he is perfectly willing to…

The church starts out with a promise that Jesus will return on some unknown day in the future. Jesus doesn't tell them when that will be, but says that in the meantime, they must be his witnesses to people everywhere. But two thousand years later, Jesus hasn't returned. Some people seek to prove he'll come…