When Jesus was before the entire Jewish high council, Caiaphas was looking for some pretext under which he could be rid of Jesus for good.
Continue ReadingIn his 2003 essay titled “The Fourteen Triads of the Sermon on the Mount,” Glen H. Stassen argues that most of us mis-frame the way the sermon is constructed.
Continue ReadingSelf-control is not simply about inaction in the face of temptation, it is measured action in all things.
Continue ReadingTake time this Sabbath to meditate on today’s passage from Psalm 1 (NLT), reflecting on how it relates to the fruit of the Spirit.
Continue ReadingUltimately, it is the cross that serves as both the example and the gateway. Jesus showed us that living a Spirit-filled life means subsuming our own will to God’s.
Continue ReadingWhen we talk about the fruit of the Spirit as found in Galatians 5, we often forget this list is by no means exhaustive.
Continue ReadingEvery virtue must be rooted in the interior life and must also manifest in word and deed.
Continue ReadingA note from Harry Kelm on the Asbury revival, a profile of Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor for Black History Month, and more.
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