You Never Know
In Matthew 25 Jesus tells a story – the very last story, according to Matthew, that Jesus ever told – about Judgment Day, when the King calls each of us before him so that he can make a final assessment of how we lived our lives. Unlike the popular images we have of...
What’s It Worth To You?
Every once in a while I watch Antiques Road Show on PBS. People who have inherited a family heirloom, or stumbled across a piece of art or furniture at a yard sale, or found an old porcelain doll from their childhood will drag their treasure in for an appraiser to...
The Unsellables
How good are you at following instructions? Some people, upon being told what to do, are obedient to the end. They don’t ask questions, nor are they easily distracted. They are focused and determined to comply with expectations. They function at a very high level...
Trust the Soup
Not long ago, a friend of mine asked me if I had a favorite parable of Jesus. “Of all the parables that Jesus told, which one seems to speak to you the most?” There are, as you know, a handful of very popular parables that, even for non-Christians, bear universal...
How to be a Hero
This Sunday will mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. It will be a somber day of remembering the dead and honoring those who modeled what Jesus once called the greatest form of love – that of laying down one’s life for others. It will...
Who Is Jesus?
Those of you who heard me preach last week heard me say that, as Christians who believe in the sovereignty of God, we affirm that God is free and capable of revealing himself in ways that are not specifically or even remotely Christian – if God so chooses. Because...