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Sara Groves
This verse reminds me of Sara Groves's opening song on Conversations (I forget the title): we share the gospel in part out of desire for deeper and fuller relationship with those we care about.
Created 3 months ago
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A Great Adventure Awaits
Jesus is inviting the rich young ruler not just to grow up and redefine himself but to humble himself. The implicit promise from Jesus is that he will lift up this humbled young disciple to where he’s…
Created over 2 years ago
Luke 18:23 (ASV), Luke 18:24 (ASV), Luke 18:25 (ASV), Luke 18:26 (ASV), Luke 18:27 (ASV), Luke 18:28 (ASV), Luke 18:29 (ASV), Luke 18:30 (ASV)
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Happy Nihilists
Jesus is guiding the rich young ruler into an important moment of self-discovery: All that I am (and I’m a lot) and all that I’ve done (and I’ve done a lot) are not enough for all that I need. The rich…
Created over 2 years ago
Luke 18:19 (ASV), Luke 18:20 (ASV), Luke 18:21 (ASV), Luke 18:22 (ASV)
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Kicked Out of a Superbian Nest
The ruler presumably has just seen Jesus show uncommon affection to the children of his community, and he suspects that this teacher might be able to address his aching sense that, despite his powerful…
Created over 2 years ago
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Playing the Martyr
In a socially brilliant move—one of the few we see him actually pull off—Simon Peter hedges his bets. “Master,” he says, with perhaps a hint of sarcasm, “we’ve been fishing hard all night and haven’t…
Created over 2 years ago
Luke 5:1 (ASV), Luke 5:2 (ASV), Luke 5:3 (ASV), Luke 5:4 (ASV), Luke 5:5 (ASV), Luke 5:6 (ASV), Luke 5:7 (ASV), Luke 5:8 (ASV), Luke 5:9 (ASV), Luke 5:10 (ASV)
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New Neighbor
If Jesus came to my world, I expect he would discover that I, like the rest of the world, “didn’t even notice … didn’t want him” (John 1:9–10). Once we had made the proper introductions, of course, I…
Created over 2 years ago
John 1:9 (ASV), John 1:10 (ASV), John 1:11 (ASV), John 1:12 (ASV), John 1:13 (ASV), John 1:14 (ASV)
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An Intuitive Paradox
Solomon said this, of course, just moments after a cloud of smoke—“the glory of the LORD”—had filled that same temple. In the consecration of the temple, Solomon was giving voice to an intuitive paradox…
Created over 2 years ago
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Too Important to Be Wrong
Adam and Eve each denied their own responsibility when confronted by God because they saw themselves as too important to be wrong, to be weak, to be vulnerable to the shrewdness of a mere serpent. The…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 3:9 (ASV), Genesis 3:10 (ASV), Genesis 3:11 (ASV), Genesis 3:12 (ASV), Genesis 3:13 (ASV)
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I'm Important, Yo!
When small children learn to say “I’m important, yo!” it’s cute. It’s also significant, because they are important. At the birth of the world, the Bible dares to suggest, God “created human beings in…
Created over 2 years ago
