How does God show us his love for us? He pitches his tent with us. In the incarnation, Jesus shows us how God's glory isn't about riches, wealth or power, but instead he is glorified by showing how much he loves his children. God pitches his tent with the lowest and the least. If we…

While our culture tells us to pursue happiness, Christians can pursue joy instead. Joy can be a sense of well-being grounded in what God has done for us, rather than in our current circumstances. Peter tells the believers that because their salvation is assured, that they can be glad even if their current circumstances are…

Conflict is Messy We like our stories to have clear good guys and bad guys. In real life, though, there is often moral ambiguity when conflicts are involved. So for example, we like to think that the Allies were the good guys in World War II. While Hitler was undoubtedly evil, there were things our…

Jesus didn't appear on anybody's radar because while he was saving the world, he didn't look as grand doing it as we might expect. God does great things through the humble obedience of his people. Just as he transformed the world through Jesus' humble acts of obedience, so he continues to change the world by…