Good Morning Friends, It is a curious thing that Christians speak so often of “the parables,” and yet so seldom reckon with the sheer audacity of the One who told them. We treat them as gentle moral tales for children, forgetting that they were once considered dangerous, so dangerous, in fact, that they unsettled the learned, … Continue reading If The Parables Are The Greatest Stories Ever Told By The Greatest Storyteller Who Ever Lived, Then What Does It Say About Us That We So Often Prefer To Admire Them Rather Than Obey Them? →

Good Morning Friends, Dorothy Sayers once wrote that the greatest drama is not when man finds God, but when God finds man. The Bible’s covenants are the unfolding of that drama: the Author writing Himself into the story and refusing to abandon His characters even when they forget the plot. Yesterday we explored the story … Continue reading Where Is God Inviting You To Trust His Promise Again? →

Good Morning Friends, Today my Catholic friends are remembering the life of Saint Augustine, in part because he knew the tension between awakening and delay…between the moment God opens our eyes and the long journey of becoming spiritually ready. Before Augustine became Bishop of Hippo, he chased brilliance, ambition, and pleasure, yet confessed that his … Continue reading Does Today’s Scripture Awaken You to Joy as You Consider How God Will Use You? →

  Good Morning Friends, From the first pages of Scripture to the final cry of Jesus on the Cross, the Bible tells a single, pulsing story: life is in the blood. Every sacrifice, every altar, every lamb, every crimson drop points forward to one moment in history when God Himself would shed His own blood … Continue reading Why Does The Scarlet Thread of Redemption Answer Spiritual Questions Better Than Words Alone? →

Good Morning Friends, The story of the Woman at the Well is more important to understanding the depth of the Christian faith than most people realize. The setting is in Sychar at Jacob’s Well in Samaria. Jesus meets her at a well, echoing biblical betrothal scenes (Jacob/Rachel, Moses/Zipporah). John gives us the longest recorded conversation Jesus has … Continue reading Why Did Jesus Reveal Himself First To A Samaritan Woman And What Is The Message For The World Today? →

Good Morning Friends, Dorothy Sayers insisted that Christian doctrine is not abstract theory but the most dramatic story ever told. In The Dogma Is the Drama, she argues that the Creed is a plot filled with danger, conflict, revelation, and divine daring. Christians often treat the faith as “tame and harmless,” she said, when it is … Continue reading Are You Ready To Investigate Joseph’s Disappearance With the Seriousness of a Mystery and the Reverence of a Devotional? →

Good Morning Friends, Having just finished a study of the seven churches in Revelation it is clear that churches embrace lies that can destroy them. But it is also clear that if we truly desire a closer relationship with God that we need to develop the ability to respond to God in real time. We need to be led by … Continue reading Who Is the Enemy, and How Do We Love And Live In A World Shaped By Lies? →

What Happens To The Soul When Comfort Convinces Us We No Longer Need God? Good Morning Friends, Across eight weeks, at Moorings, we’ve walked with Jesus as He inspected His churches. These letters expose the idols of the heart, comfort, reputation, tolerance, fear, and success.  They reveal the church’s vocation to be a people who … Continue reading →

Good Morning Friends,  Here's the heart of it: when you bring together the bell curve of human perception, the way nature quietly preaches God’s glory, and the call to make disciples, you’re really naming the tension, I think, every pastor feels and the hope that more would grow in the rhythms of life that foster … Continue reading Do You See How Creation Teaches Us To Make Disciples? →

Good Morning Friends, Today’s Scriptures confront us with vows, invitations, and the promise of a new heart. They trouble us, and they should because each story exposes what happens when people follow a distorted spirit rather than the true Spirit of God. And we wonder, What Can We Say to Those Who Challenge Christ If We … Continue reading What Can We Say to Those Who Challenge Christ If We Do Not Follow the True Spirit of God? →