For years I prayed a prayer… and God never answered it.
What I was praying for was clearly in my best interest. I could even see how I could have a greater impact if God would just answer it. I even thought I saw him start to answer my prayer two distinct times.
But, [...]
New wine is not put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed.
These are Jesus’ words in Matthew 9 – they are a beautiful metaphor that clearly illustrate how he views both himself and the world – and they beg the [...]
The Sermon on the Mount is a radically subversive manifesto of the ways of Jesus’ Kingdom.
And it starts with the key message: blessed are those who struggle.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
– Heaven belongs to those whose spirits are broken, empty or [...]
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