JOB THE LONG-SUFFERING

JOB THE LONG-SUFFERING

  Would modern Christians still consider themselves to be #blessed without their valuable possessions? If God struck dead their family, tore down their home and car, and inflicted them with diseases, would their love and unwavering loyalty to God remain...
THE VICE OF GREED

THE VICE OF GREED

The Bible is filled with warnings on greed. Even King Solomon, who acquired a massive quantity of both divine wisdom and wealth, wrote, “He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity,” (Ecclesiastes...
EQUALITY IN THE EARLY CHURCH

EQUALITY IN THE EARLY CHURCH

The Christian understanding of the equality of all people finds its origins in the creation account in Genesis 1, where God creates man in his own image. This understanding is furthered in the Pentateuchal code, where God lays down the law for how foreigners should be...
LET ANYONE WITH EARS TO HEAR LISTEN

LET ANYONE WITH EARS TO HEAR LISTEN

Jesus was very much aware of how human nature worked when he said, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen” (Mark 4:9 NRSV). Initially, you might think, “obviously, you have ears to hear, then you can listen.” By that statement, Jesus meant that listening is not usually...
GOD USES THE LOWLY TO SHAME THE WISE

GOD USES THE LOWLY TO SHAME THE WISE

If you look at God’s choice of small nation Israel, of stuttering Moses, of the youngest son David, or of the teenager Mary, then you would see that the people whom God have chosen to portray foolishness and weakness according to human standards. The social standing...
A SHARED LIFE WITH JESUS IS ALSO A SHARED MISSION WITH HIM

A SHARED LIFE WITH JESUS IS ALSO A SHARED MISSION WITH HIM

No one is a follower of Jesus if he has not—in the fullest sense—entered this new life with God. No man can ever share his life with God and remain the same. His life would reflect an overflow of God’s love. God’s love, according to Rauschenbusch, “flow[s] out,...