When I think of Abraham in the Old Testament, I think of a faith I can only strive to attain. God asked Abraham to go to a mountain and offer his son Isaac, who he had waited so long to have, as a burnt offering. I can’t imagine what Abraham was thinking in those moments and the dread he potentially would have been feeling on his journey. Nonetheless, Abraham trusted in God and told Isaac, when he questioned where the lamb was, “The Lord will provide.”

Earlier in Abraham’s life, God had made a covenant with him and gave him three…

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From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
Luke 12:48

The elders have chosen “Eager To Do Good” as our theme for this year, and both Paul and Noah have presented some powerful words for us to hear on this subject. Years ago, I saw this little mathematical equation used to demonstrate how we should think about “doing good”:

Ability + Opportunity = Responsibility

This is a wonderful way to think about what Jesus was trying to explain in the parable of the One Talent Man. Jesus is…

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Have you ever wondered how diamonds are made? I remember as if it was yesterday going to Diamonds Direct and selecting the ring I would offer Kailey, in exchange for putting up with me for the rest of time. And like most men who have been in the same situation, I saw the sticker price on some of those diamonds offered by the jeweler and wondered to myself, “What in the world did these things go through to be this expensive?” (If my wife is reading this article, I would like it to be noted for the record, that she…

    From the beginning with Adam and Eve, great men and women have strayed from God’s direction and had to pick themselves up afterwards. Abraham lied, Moses murdered, David committed adultery, and Paul persecuted early Christians. The list goes on and on, but when most students of the Bible think of someone making mistakes, they think of the apostle Peter.

    Peter is constantly in the gospel writers’ spotlight. He’s mentioned first in all lists of the apostles, likely because he was the oldest and therefore the group’s leader and spokesman. Mt 10:2 even says Peter was “first,” not because he…