Luke spent hours and hours, likely over months or even years, to help Theophilus have an accurate understanding of Jesus. What if we all invested that kind of time and energy in helping just one person have a deep and abiding knowledge of Jesus?

All of us were dead. All who believe in Jesus are alive in him and called to be united in reaching the other dead people with the good news of Jesus. And all means all.

The only lasting and permanent solutions are the eternal solutions that come because in the fullness of time God sent Jesus to die for our sins and eventually to restore all things when he comes in glory.

It was a day like no other, and before David told others about it, first he went to the Lord.

There’s something different in the lives of those who have decided to follow Jesus. Many of the posts this week remind us how that’s true. Which one of these encourages you most?

Whatever stress you’re feeling, whatever tragedy you’re facing, perhaps you’ll find encouragement here. All of us walk the path of the in-between.

We need to know how we get to the next day and declare that this is the day the Lord has made and that we can rejoice. We need examples of those who walk through the shadow of death and still find quiet waters and renewed faith. We need to declare these truths even on days that we struggle to believe them.

We can’t turn to any media outlet without hearing the back-and-forth attacks, confrontations, or accusations. Scripture shows a better way.

Sadly in current culture and even in the church, there seems to be a preference for playing “gotcha.” It seems like we have become more interested in finding ways to disparage, ridicule, and embarrass than finding ways to help, share, and encourage one another.

“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.”

Joseph of Arimathea displayed several evidences of faith and wisdom that I’d do well to embody too.

It’s a holiday weekend in the United States, the perfect opportunity for taking time to reflect on our relationship with God. Use these quotes to remind you of your standing with him. Follow the links to read the posts from which the quotes are taken.

Someone just asked me, “So what does it feel like to be75?” Since I’ve never been this old, I wasn’t really sure what to say. I’ll start with “I’m fulfilled, but not yet finished.”

What if we considered Paul’s prayer for restoration central to what we seek in our relationships? What would happen in our neighborhoods, churches, businesses, and in our general approach to people if Paul’s closing reminder was a platform we would live by?

As believers, we know that envy (as well as its close cousin, jealousy) and its resulting behaviors are not the work of the Holy Spirit but rather are rooted in works of the flesh.

Paul pushed all his suffering to the background as he focused on his first and primary calling. The challenge for us is to do the same.

Everybody approaches food differently, and sometimes a new approach to Bible reading is good for our spiritual nutrition.

Each of Paul’s pictures offers a challenge to how we’ll choose to cope in the world.

Any one of these gems from this week’s posts might be enough to help you through today. Any one of the pieces from which they’re taken can give you—or a friend—the boost needed just to keep carrying on. Which of these mean the most to you?

Joy can be found if we look for it. This is as true for the accounting clerk forgotten in some corner cubicle as it is for the caregiver rising each morning to the same, sad routine.