In every household with more than one child, perhaps throughout all time, I imagine some version of this scene has played out on a semi-regular basis: Father: “Son, I told you to clean up the Legos.” Son: “But the sister you gave me isn’t helping me!” Parent: “…And? Does that...

Christmas comes only once a year. But it comes every year. God has built repetition into life to serve as a reminder of essential truths. When springtime comes, it reminds us that it will not always be winter, warmer weather will come, and grass and trees will be green again....

Studying John together, I have often found it fascinating how pedestrian the life of Jesus and His disciples was. How many people walked by Jesus and His band of disciples on the roads between Galilee and Samaria without ever having any clue that they had just passed within a few...