All of a sudden, in John 11:55-12:26, Jesus not only permitted but encouraged people publicly to recognize him as king. What had changed? What we have awaited during the whole gospel of John finally happened: his hour to be glorified had come! However, his glorification would be exactly the opposite of what everyone expected. (sermon notes)
After showing the people in Haggai 2:10-19 that it is easier to get dirty than clean, God pointed the way forward to the only...
The extraordinary events in Jerusalem and the mundane events in Nazareth reveal Jesus' uniqueness and his ordinariness.
In Daniel 1, four teenagers show us how to be faithful when we are pressured to conform to the world around us.