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Communion . . . and Grace
By David Timms Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance of me.” Perhaps nothing hurts as much as betrayal. A wife discovers a string of e-mails and realizes her husband has been intimate with another woman....
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Careful on the Way Down
By David Ray Someone who’s done a study about mountain climbing made an interesting discovery. As risk-filled as the ascent may be, more than half of all climbing fatalities occur on the way down. For...
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‘Wash Your Hands’
By David Ray When you were little and getting ready to take your seat at the family dinner table, did your mom ask, “Have you washed your hands?” If you had, you probably proudly held them up to show...
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He Made It to the End, and So Can We
By David Ray One of the ultimate endurance events in all of sports is the Tour de France, a grueling, three-week, 2,200-mile race that runs throughout France. But it’s not simply the distance that...
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Flash Mob
By Mandy Smith On a seemingly ordinary morning, in a busy Belgian train station, the announcements of arrivals and departures were suddenly interrupted by Julie Andrews’s familiar voice intoning,...
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By Mandy Smith We know Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper during the Passover feast, which Jews have celebrated for generations. Passover is an annual festival remembering God’s salvation of his people...
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What on Earth?
By Neal Windham Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and...
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A Distant Engagement (Matthew 26:29)
By Neal Windham God warned Israel in various ways to follow him, but not to come too close. For example, Moses demanded a full disclosure of God’s glory, but was allowed only a glimpse from the safe...
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Settle In (Matthew 26:17-19)
By Neal Windham The Lord’s Supper is a meal to be shared. It is not a light snack—don’t be fooled by its size—nor even a sumptuous dessert following a really good entrée. It is not a quick lunch,...
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‘A Different Spirit’ (1 Corinthians 2:12, 13)
By Neal Windham A young man, skinny as a rail, makes his way to the front of the church during the hymn of decision, and for him the decision has not come easily. He has examined his world of...
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“Teacher, Don’t You Care?” (Mark 4:38)
By Neal Windham Rembrandt’s wonderful painting Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a study in how the disciples interact with Jesus in the midst of a terrifying squall. The Dutch master uses light...
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Wonder Bread
By Victor Knowles Bread has been called “the staff of life.” I loved bread as a young boy. Some of the brands of bread I remember my mother buying were Sunbeam, Butternut, Roman Meal, and Wonder. I...
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The Cardboard Lamb
By Victor Knowles When I was a little boy my parents bought a Christmas manger set. On the box were these words: “The Christmas story in beautiful cutout scenes and lifelike figures . . . It tells the...
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Condescension that Brought Redemption
By Victor Knowles Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant,...
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Sangre de Cristo
By Ronald G. Davis In the 16th century, Francisco Coronado and a group of Spanish soldiers explored the American Southwest, looking for golden cities! A priest accompanied them to carry God’s blessing...
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At Eye Level
By Ronald G. Davis Recently, a well-known preacher’s morning sermon was titled “God at Eye Level.” That’s a provocative title, isn’t it? In that Jerusalem upper room long ago and at this table today,...
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The Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life for His Sheep
By Ronald G. Davis John, in his Gospel, borrows the beautiful image of God that permeates the Scriptures: God is our shepherd. And that image may be the most common symbolic image reproduced through...
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What to Wear?
By Ronald G. Davis “What to wear? What to wear?” Millions of Americans echo that question, as seasons change, as holidays and holy days loom. “Should it be the floral print?” “Perhaps little Susie...
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Paul at the Table
By Ronald G. Davis Paul wrote beautifully and authoritatively of the Lord’s table. But he also sat there. Right across from us, as it were. Was he worthy? Are we? Both he and we are worthy in the...
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God and Sinners Reconciled
By Victor Knowles I believe the music of Christmas is the most beautiful music in the world. Indeed, it may even be the most meaningful music the world will ever know. From “Away in a Manger” to...
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