1 Corinthians 10:13 is perhaps the most recognizable verse in the Bible to help us with the temptation to sin and achieve victory over it. Here’s a simple outline I could have preached, for it uses parallel Scripture to make the same point. So here is another look at temptation...

There's not much positive to be found in the story of the miserable failure of the Israelites in their wilderness wanderings. Paul's New Testament summary of the account he gives to the Corinthians is a tightly-packed catalog of forty years of failure (1 Corinthians 10:1-11). The new nation of Israel...

I’ve been enjoying staring at this painting of Glacier National Park for a while. Something about the lighting and the composition is compelling. There’s a beckoning to the rays coming from behind the trees. The rocks in the bottom-left balance the shadows on the right. The soaring mountains in the...

The idea of our “Afterthoughts” column is to revisit something from the previous week’s message that we either did not have time to cover or on which we would like to expand. This week, I’d like to offer a few “random thoughts” on this past Sunday. I hope they will...