Tag: Repentance
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Day 089: Making Sense of the Cycles in Judges (Judges 1-2)
The book of Judges is thrilling, violent, tragic, and painfully repetitive. But Judges is not just Israel’s sin. It is God’s mercy.
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Grace Given on the Way to Jerusalem (Luke 17:11-19)
Ten men cried out for mercy—and Jesus gave it. But only one turned back to the source of that grace and was saved. In Luke 17, we discover the difference between receiving God’s blessings and returning to Jesus in faith.
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Day 078: Why do Jews Face East When They Pray? (Deuteronomy 27:11-13)
East was Egypt. East was slavery. East was the wilderness. East was graves in the desert. And yet God used every step of that journey to make His people holy.
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Parables of Priorities on the Way to Jerusalem (Luke 15)
In Luke 15, Jesus tells three parables about lost things—a sheep, a coin, and a son. Each story ends the same way: with rejoicing when what was lost is found. But the most famous of these stories, often called the Prodigal Son, reveals something even deeper about God’s priorities. The younger son is lost in…
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Day 322: Six Jolly Cowboys (Acts 8:2)
A meditation on Johnny Cash, funerals, and the stark contrast between Ananias, Sapphira, and Stephen—asking what kind of life we’re living toward our own funeral, and what kind of people will carry us when our time comes.
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Day 309: Alas For Us (Matthew 23:1-36)
Jesus’ harshest words weren’t spoken to sinners who knew they needed grace, but to religious people convinced they didn’t. The Seven Woes of Matthew 23 aren’t a rant—they’re a rescue siren. They warn us that the greatest spiritual danger isn’t being far from God, but believing we’ve already arrived.