I remember when I was a kid, all the old people would talk about “the good old days”. Now, I find myself in that category of old people because I’m one of those folks who looks back and think about the good old days. Apparently, I’m not alone. A survey was taken among people 50…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons on Crucifixion
Last week, we began a look at the book of Isaiah, and I made the statement that Isaiah is sometimes referred to as “the gospel according to Isaiah” because he had so much to say about the coming Messiah — his birth, his death, his resurrection. But, as important as the entire book of…
If someone were to ask you, “What’s the most important part of Christianity?”, how would you answer that? Obviously, everything in the Bible matters, but among all the do’s and don’ts and shoulds and shouldn’ts, what’s at the heart of it all? What do we tell people around us who have all but…