The angel at the tomb of Jesus told the women who came to embalm his corpse, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has …

Ask a physically blind person if they’re blind and they’ll say, “Well, yeah, of course.”Ask a spiritually blind person if they’re blind, and they’ll say, “What are you talking about? Who do you think you are, accusing me of being blind?! You’re the blind one, you fool!”  The difference between being physically blind and spiritually blind is that when a …

“D’oh!” Homer Simpson’s catchphrase that helped make the TV series famous tells the entire story of parents who are a bunch of bumbling idiots trying to raise a family. To add to the incompetence of authority on the show, Pastor Timothy Lovejoy is the inept pastor who calls the Bible a 2000-page sleeping pill. And Mayor Quimby is a slick …

Circus performers will tell you that there is a very special relationship between the trapeze artists. One of them releases from their trapeze, leaving it behind. They twist and turn up into the air and at the peak of their arc, when they aren’t launching up into the sky any longer, they must stop, and remain as still as possible …

Why is it so important to pray if God already knows all of the information, and the solution, and he knows it better than we do? Jesus gives us the answer in the Lord’s Prayer that he taught his disciples. It focuses not so much on the mechanics of prayer or the answers to prayer but the relationship of prayer. …

If God would be waiting on your living room sofa for you to get home, and you walk in the door, what would you see? A room filled with smoke and fire? A typical handsome-looking American Jesus? An old guy with a long white beard? In ancient times, a person couldn’t look at God and live (Exodus 33:19-23). God’s glory …