Tag: Repentance
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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.
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The One Who Walks Among the Lampstands (Revelation 2-3)
n Revelation 2–3, seven churches each received a personal letter from Jesus. Some were faithful, others were fading, and some had failed completely. Yet in every case, Jesus still walked among them, still spoke to them, and still called them to faithfulness. What would He say to our church today?
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Day 285: Woe to You, Chorazin! (Matthew 11:21)
During a visit to the ruins of Chorazin, one of the cities Jesus cursed, I saw something carved into the stones of an ancient synagogue that made His words come alive. It’s a sobering reminder of how easy it is to let compromise slip into our worship until what was once true becomes only true-ish.
