Listen. Paul wants us to know what time it is in Romans 13:11-14: ‘The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.’ The reign of sin and death is almost over, the coming of Jesus is almost here. If the night is almost over, then it is time for us to wake up! We …
Category: Going Deeper
Going Deeper: November 24
Listen. James tells us that the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective (James 5:16). Elijah is our example of the powerful prayers of righteous person (James 5:17-18; check out also 1 Kings 17-18). He is an ordinary person like us and yet he prayed and it stopped raining for three and a …
Going Deeper: November 17
Listen. Paul is in prison facing execution. He is at the end of his life, so he writes one last letter to Timothy, a young man that he trained as a follower of Jesus and church leader. He gives some of his final instructions in 2 TImothy 2:1-10.He urges Timothy to entrust the message he …
Going Deeper: November 10
Listen. If Jesus’ death is enough to pay for all our sins, why not sin more so that we can get more grace and forgiveness from God? That is the question Paul answers in Romans 6:1-14 and he answers this question by pointing to our baptism. This is the picture baptism gives us. When we …
Going Deeper: November 3
Listen. It is the night before Jesus’ crucifixion. His death will come as a shock to his disciples. Jesus wants to explain his death to followers, so he uses a meal. Luke 22:13-21 tells us that Jesus uses a Passover meal to give meaning to his death. This meal, which we call Communion, is the …
Going Deeper: October 27
Listen. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 that the church is like a body. Through baptism by the Holy Spirit, we become part of the church, which Paul calls the body of Christ. Just as a body is made up of many parts, each having their own function, so also, we are the parts …
Going Deeper: October 20
Listen. Jesus is the Living Stone. He was rejected and nailed to a cross, but God raised him from the dead, making him the precious and chosen cornerstone of a new temple that God is building in the world. If Jesus is the Living Stone, then we are the living stones of this temple, built …
