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Kindness and the Character of God
In the Old Testament, God is often praised for his kindness. There is a beautiful word in Hebrew— hesed —which is so rich in meaning that it gets translated in many ways. Very often it is translat... -
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The Covenants of Scripture
Eternal covenant, Heb 13:20—The redemptive covenant before time began, between the Father and the Son. By this covenant we have eternal redemption, an eternal peace from the ‘God of peace’, through th... -
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The Trickiness of Defining Love
In love . What does that even mean? “Love” is a junk drawer we dump all sorts of ideas into, just because we don’t have anywhere else to put them. I “love” God, and I “love” fish tacos. See ... -
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The Difference between a Contract and a Covenant
A contract is a transaction. A covenant is a relationship. Or to put it slightly differently: a contract is about interests. A covenant is about identity. It is about you and me coming together to for... -
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The Payoff
If we are honest with ourselves, for many of us who celebrate the sacraments on a regular basis, at times we take them for granted. We lose sight of their nature to inspire and remind us of our covena... -
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A Distinctive Kind of Contract
Contracts. We all have them, by the dozens. In business, government, and in our personal lives, contracts provide structure and order for relationships that are essential to all of life. Contracts tel... -
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John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer
John Wesley’s covenant prayer demonstrates a level of sacrifice and devotion to Jesus that has been rarely matched. How many of us have asked for suffering, in order to experience the humility and the... -
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Cohabitation and the Definitely Maybe Relationship
The tension between autonomy and intimacy is most clearly evidenced in the trend toward cohabitation. Today, between 50 and 70 percent of American couples are cohabiting before or instead of marrying.... -
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A Reminder of our Dependence on God
Every meal—not just Communion, but including Communion—is a reminder that we are dependent on God as creatures. We are not self-sustaining. Much of our food is grown, processed, distributed, and possi... -
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The Meaning of Dod
In the Hebrew lexicon, there are multiple words for love, but one of my favorites is the word dod. Although it is often rendered “love,” dod refers specifically to sexual love and is better translated... -
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These Impious Galileans
A passage often referred to in order to describe the sacrificial, countercultural quality of the early church comes to us interestingly enough, from one of its strongest critics, known later to histor... -
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Keeping His Promises
God’s dealings with us are always on the order of what he did with Abram and Sarai. He makes his promises, and he will keep his promises; but just how and when he will keep them is something for which... -
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The Two Worlds of Relationships
Many of us live in two worlds when it comes to relationships. In one world we have friendly conversations in which we avoid all disagreements; in the other we have major conflict-type conversations th... -
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Trusting in God’s Good Gifts
God wants to feed his people. In keeping the one tree from them, God protected Adam and Eve. When they broke table fellowship with God, they suspected that God was withholding something good, that thi... -
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Meeting Face to Face with God
While many world religions worship gods in temples, Israel’s claim was unique. Theirs wasn’t simply a consecrated center for worship; it was a meeting place where the Lord of the creation actually met... -
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The Wedding of the Lamb
There were two important steps to a Jewish marriage: the betrothal (the promised agreement to marry) and the actual wedding ceremony. These two events were often separated by an extended period of tim... -
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The Methodists’ Prayer
The early Methodists devoted themselves entirely to God with a covenant prayer. It’s worth adopting and adapting. I am no longer my own, but Thine. Put me to what Thou wilt, rank me with whom Tho... -
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The Central Vision
The central vision of world history in the Bible is that all of creation is one, every creature in community with every other, living in harmony and security toward the joy and well-being of every oth... -
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How Adoption Works
This is how adoption works—like a sacrament, that visible sign of an inner grace. It’s a thin place where we see that we are different and yet not entirely foreign to one another. We are relatives not... -
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A Relationship Among Fellows
Did you know that the history of the word “fellowship,” is, rather simply, a relationship among fellows? The idea of a fellowship being that two or more people have been bonded together in some signif... -
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Relationships Matter
“Association breeds assimilation.” In other words, there is no such thing as a casual relationship. All relationships are consequential. They are catalytic. They push us forward or hold us back. They ... -
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Friendships from a Biblical Perspective
Friend. We use that word too loosely. Too flippantly. We use it too generously. And most damaging of all, we give the title to people who haven’t earned it. I recognize that using the word earn makes ... -
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Feeding God’s People
God wants to feed his people. In keeping the one tree from them, God protected Adam and Eve. When they broke table fellowship with God, they suspected that God was withholding something good, that thi... -
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Koinonitus
The ancient Greek word for intimate fellowship is koinonia. In the church, we can suffer from what might be called koinonitus: fellowship turned in on itself; cliques and enclaves and tight-knit group... -
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The Crucial Bridge in the 10 Commandments
Interpretation series editor Patrick Miller has shrewdly observed that the fourth commandment on Sabbath is the “crucial bridge” that connects the Ten Commandments together. The fourth commandment loo... -
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The Greatest Promise in History
When someone promises us something wonderful, we can hardly wait for that promise to be fulfilled. If the promise is something good, we want it now! We really don’t like to wait. And yet the very best... -
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A Picture of God's Gracious Invitation to Us
Throughout Scripture, God uses the picture of adoption to describe his relationship with his people. This picture became all the more poignant for my wife, Heather, and me when we chose to adopt our f... -
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The Curse of Living Under the Law
To have Abraham-like faith brings blessing (v 9). The result of living by the law is that we are “under a curse” (v 10). This “curse” has two aspects. Theologically, anyone who says-. I can be saved b... -
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The Song of Israel
This is the song of Israel. It begins with the starlit hope of the patriarchs as they sing bleary-eyed songs of their promised future. It becomes a slave song, sung in the chains of Egypt, and evolves... -
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An Invitation
He invites us to leave our burdensome ways of heavy labor—especially the “religious” ones—and step into the yoke of training with him. This is a way of gentleness and lowliness, a way of soul rest. It...
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- Rescue (12)
- Resentment (5)
- Resilience (17)
- Resistance (6)
- Resisting Change (4)
- Resisting Temptation (4)
- Respect (5)
- Responsibility (9)
- Rest (19)
- Restoration (6)
- Resurrection (15)
- Resurrection to New Life (4)
- Retreat (5)
- Returning to God (3)
- Revelation (13)
- Rhythms of Rest (4)
- Right Relationships (4)
- Righteousness (14)
- Risk-Management (3)
- Risks (7)
- Rituals (5)
- Roman World (7)
- Romantic Relationships (12)
- Rootedness (4)
- Routines (4)
- Royalty (3)
- Rules (6)
- The Reliability of Scripture (3)
- The Roman Empire (14)
S
- Sabbath (26)
- Sacrifice (17)
- Sacrificial Giving (4)
- Sacrificial Living (3)
- Safety (6)
- Salt (5)
- Salvation (18)
- Sanctification (18)
- Satan (6)
- Satisfaction (6)
- Savior (3)
- Scars (7)
- Science (18)
- Science and Religion (6)
- Screens (6)
- Scripture (26)
- Seasons (5)
- Secularism (9)
- Seeking God (5)
- Seeking Happiness (5)
- Seeking Power (6)
- Seeking the Truth (9)
- Segregation (11)
- Self-Absorption (6)
- Self-Acceptance (4)
- Self-Achievement (5)
- Self-Awareness (14)
- Self-Centeredness (5)
- Self-Control (7)
- Self-Deception (17)
- Self-Destruction (4)
- Self-Discipline (5)
- Self-Discovery (4)
- Self-Examination (5)
- Self-Glory (4)
- Self-Image (6)
- Self-Improvement (4)
- Self-Justification (5)
- Self-Love (5)
- Self-Reliance (4)
- Self-Righteousness (5)
- Self-Sacrifice (5)
- Self-Sufficiency (4)
- Selfishness (11)
- Selflessness (6)
- Sermon on the Mount (12)
- Servanthood (4)
- Service (15)
- Sex (22)
- Sexual License (4)
- Sexual Temptation (5)
- Shame (14)
- Sheep (8)
- Shepherd (6)
- Shepherds (13)
- Sight (5)
- Silence (13)
- Simplicity (6)
- Sin (27)
- Sinfulness (7)
- Sinners (6)
- Sins (16)
- Sins of the Church (6)
- Skepticism (9)
- Skin (3)
- Slavery (24)
- Sleep (5)
- Slowing Down (6)
- Smart Phones (10)
- Social Class (5)
- Social Justice (9)
- Social Media (23)
- Social Status (4)
- Society (5)
- Soil (5)
- Solitude (12)
- Spectacle (4)
- Spiritual Attacks (4)
- Spiritual Blindness (5)
- Spiritual Direction (5)
- Spiritual Discernment (4)
- Spiritual Disciplines (11)
- Spiritual Formation (11)
- Spiritual Growth (7)
- Spiritual Health (4)
- Spiritual Maturity (5)
- Spiritual Nurture (11)
- Spiritual Practices (4)
- Spiritual Thirst (4)
- Spiritual Transformation (10)
- Sports (11)
- Status (3)
- Status Quo (5)
- Staying Humble (4)
- Stereotypes (3)
- Stewardship (16)
- Stories (23)
- Storms (5)
- Strength (8)
- Stress (9)
- Struggles (10)
- Submission (7)
- Suburbs (4)
- Success (22)
- Suffering (23)
- Surprise (3)
- Surrender (13)
- The Sacraments (5)
- The Saints (8)
- The Soul (12)
- The Spiritual Life (6)
- The Star of Bethlehem (4)
T
- Talking (7)
- Teaching (6)
- Technological Progress (5)
- Technology (37)
- Teenagers (4)
- Temptation (12)
- Ten Commandments (5)
- Thankfulness (7)
- Thanksgiving (General) (8)
- The Temple (6)
- The Trinity (11)
- The Twelve Disciples (5)
- Theology (4)
- Therapy (4)
- Thoughts (13)
- Threats (8)
- Threats to the Church (5)
- Time (12)
- Timekeeping (4)
- Toughness (4)
- Tradition (8)
- Tragedy (12)
- Training (5)
- Transformation (22)
- Trauma (7)
- Travel (4)
- Treasure (4)
- Trees (7)
- Trials (4)
- Trouble (6)
- True Self (5)
- Trust (9)
- Trust in God (11)
- Truth (15)
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V
W
- Waiting (15)
- Waiting on God (6)
- Wants (6)
- War (10)
- Weakness (10)
- Wealth (15)
- Weddings (5)
- Welcome (4)
- Western Culture (26)
- Wilderness (16)
- Willpower (4)
- Wisdom (7)
- Witnesses (7)
- Women (5)
- Wonder (9)
- Words (10)
- Work (30)
- Work and Rest (5)
- Work-Life Balance (9)
- Workaholism (3)
- Works-Righteousness (8)
- World (14)
- Worldliness (4)
- Worldly Power (7)
- Worldview (8)
- Worship (20)
- Wounds (10)
Illustration_categories by Reference
Genesis
- Gen 1 (71)
- Gen 2 (53)
- Gen 3 (21)
- Gen 4 (9)
- Gen 5 (1)
- Gen 6 (3)
- Gen 8 (7)
- Gen 9 (3)
- Gen 11 (9)
- Gen 12 (15)
- Gen 13 (2)
- Gen 15 (3)
- Gen 16 (1)
- Gen 17 (2)
- Gen 18 (7)
- Gen 19 (2)
- Gen 21 (3)
- Gen 22 (9)
- Gen 25 (1)
- Gen 26 (2)
- Gen 27 (6)
- Gen 28 (3)
- Gen 29 (2)
- Gen 32 (7)
- Gen 33 (1)
- Gen 35 (2)
- Gen 36 (1)
- Gen 37 (4)
- Gen 39 (4)
- Gen 41 (4)
- Gen 45 (1)
- Gen 47 (1)
- Gen 50 (14)
Exodus
- Exod 1 (3)
- Exod 2 (4)
- Exod 3 (30)
- Exod 4 (6)
- Exod 5 (4)
- Exod 6 (2)
- Exod 7 (1)
- Exod 10 (1)
- Exod 12 (3)
- Exod 13 (3)
- Exod 14 (12)
- Exod 15 (2)
- Exod 16 (12)
- Exod 17 (1)
- Exod 18 (3)
- Exod 19 (3)
- Exod 20 (23)
- Exod 21 (1)
- Exod 22 (3)
- Exod 23 (4)
- Exod 24 (3)
- Exod 25 (2)
- Exod 26 (1)
- Exod 27 (1)
- Exod 30 (2)
- Exod 31 (4)
- Exod 32 (15)
- Exod 33 (12)
- Exod 34 (8)
- Exod 35 (2)
- Exod 40 (2)
Numbers
Deuteronomy
1 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Chronicles
Esther
Job
Psalm
- Ps 1 (16)
- Ps 2 (4)
- Ps 3 (4)
- Ps 4 (2)
- Ps 5 (1)
- Ps 7 (1)
- Ps 8 (10)
- Ps 9 (1)
- Ps 10 (2)
- Ps 11 (1)
- Ps 12 (1)
- Ps 13 (5)
- Ps 14 (3)
- Ps 15 (2)
- Ps 16 (8)
- Ps 17 (1)
- Ps 18 (3)
- Ps 19 (24)
- Ps 20 (3)
- Ps 22 (11)
- Ps 23 (33)
- Ps 24 (9)
- Ps 25 (9)
- Ps 27 (15)
- Ps 30 (3)
- Ps 31 (3)
- Ps 32 (5)
- Ps 33 (4)
- Ps 34 (35)
- Ps 36 (1)
- Ps 37 (22)
- Ps 39 (1)
- Ps 40 (2)
- Ps 41 (1)
- Ps 42 (22)
- Ps 43 (2)
- Ps 46 (27)
- Ps 48 (1)
- Ps 49 (2)
- Ps 50 (4)
- Ps 51 (24)
- Ps 54 (1)
- Ps 55 (3)
- Ps 56 (6)
- Ps 57 (1)
- Ps 59 (1)
- Ps 60 (2)
- Ps 62 (4)
- Ps 63 (9)
- Ps 65 (3)
- Ps 68 (2)
- Ps 69 (1)
- Ps 72 (9)
- Ps 73 (6)
- Ps 74 (1)
- Ps 77 (3)
- Ps 78 (4)
- Ps 82 (10)
- Ps 84 (3)
- Ps 85 (1)
- Ps 86 (3)
- Ps 88 (3)
- Ps 90 (15)
- Ps 91 (5)
- Ps 92 (1)
- Ps 94 (2)
- Ps 95 (3)
- Ps 96 (6)
- Ps 100 (6)
- Ps 101 (2)
- Ps 102 (1)
- Ps 103 (19)
- Ps 104 (11)
- Ps 105 (1)
- Ps 106 (1)
- Ps 107 (1)
- Ps 110 (2)
- Ps 111 (1)
- Ps 112 (2)
- Ps 115 (5)
- Ps 116 (2)
- Ps 118 (7)
- Ps 119 (30)
- Ps 121 (3)
- Ps 127 (12)
- Ps 128 (2)
- Ps 130 (6)
- Ps 131 (3)
- Ps 133 (6)
- Ps 135 (1)
- Ps 136 (6)
- Ps 137 (1)
- Ps 139 (41)
- Ps 141 (4)
- Ps 142 (1)
- Ps 143 (3)
- Ps 144 (1)
- Ps 145 (7)
- Ps 146 (9)
- Ps 147 (11)
- Ps 150 (1)
Proverbs
- Prov 1 (3)
- Prov 2 (3)
- Prov 3 (41)
- Prov 4 (17)
- Prov 5 (4)
- Prov 6 (2)
- Prov 9 (2)
- Prov 10 (3)
- Prov 11 (7)
- Prov 12 (9)
- Prov 13 (4)
- Prov 14 (14)
- Prov 15 (14)
- Prov 16 (24)
- Prov 17 (6)
- Prov 18 (18)
- Prov 19 (12)
- Prov 20 (5)
- Prov 21 (4)
- Prov 22 (13)
- Prov 23 (2)
- Prov 24 (3)
- Prov 25 (4)
- Prov 26 (4)
- Prov 27 (9)
- Prov 28 (4)
- Prov 29 (6)
- Prov 30 (2)
- Prov 31 (17)
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
- Isa 1 (17)
- Isa 2 (3)
- Isa 5 (4)
- Isa 6 (21)
- Isa 7 (7)
- Isa 9 (19)
- Isa 11 (4)
- Isa 12 (1)
- Isa 14 (2)
- Isa 21 (1)
- Isa 25 (5)
- Isa 26 (10)
- Isa 28 (4)
- Isa 29 (5)
- Isa 30 (24)
- Isa 32 (2)
- Isa 33 (3)
- Isa 35 (2)
- Isa 40 (45)
- Isa 41 (17)
- Isa 42 (11)
- Isa 43 (19)
- Isa 44 (4)
- Isa 45 (9)
- Isa 46 (4)
- Isa 49 (4)
- Isa 50 (1)
- Isa 51 (2)
- Isa 52 (2)
- Isa 53 (28)
- Isa 54 (4)
- Isa 55 (37)
- Isa 56 (3)
- Isa 57 (4)
- Isa 58 (20)
- Isa 59 (3)
- Isa 60 (5)
- Isa 61 (15)
- Isa 62 (1)
- Isa 64 (9)
- Isa 65 (6)
- Isa 66 (1)
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Joel
Amos
Zephaniah
Malachi
Matthew
- Matt 1 (13)
- Matt 2 (20)
- Matt 3 (6)
- Matt 4 (31)
- Matt 5 (69)
- Matt 6 (74)
- Matt 7 (30)
- Matt 8 (7)
- Matt 9 (8)
- Matt 10 (14)
- Matt 11 (27)
- Matt 12 (12)
- Matt 13 (17)
- Matt 14 (9)
- Matt 15 (8)
- Matt 16 (17)
- Matt 17 (3)
- Matt 18 (22)
- Matt 19 (10)
- Matt 20 (10)
- Matt 21 (10)
- Matt 22 (18)
- Matt 23 (34)
- Matt 24 (10)
- Matt 25 (34)
- Matt 26 (18)
- Matt 27 (6)
- Matt 28 (18)