A relationship with no religion is a fantasy - and a religion with no relationship is vanity. The gospel confronts humanity with the inseparable interplay of both. A relationship that informs religious liturgy and a religion that brings continuous remembrance of a transformative relationship.
Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
The Wizard of Oz says, “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”. The gospel says to come, look closely.
The Path of Life Begins at an Empty Tomb
Picture it: a man who had staked his entire life on the resurrection of Jesus, walking past hundreds of monuments to the dead, carrying a message that death had been defeated.
I Shall Not Die, But Live
The camp doctor who witnessed his execution later recalled that Bonhoeffer knelt in prayer before walking to the scaffold. His last recorded words, spoken to a fellow prisoner that morning, were: "This is the end. For me, the beginning of life."
Famous Last Words
Archaeologists have found this same word written across ancient receipts and invoices in the Mediterranean world. It was the word you wrote when a debt had been fully satisfied. Jesus chose a word the entire ancient world would recognize as a statement of completed transaction.
An Eternal Kingdom Built on a Discarded Stone
A cornerstone had to do something that ordinary wall stones could not. It had to anchor two walls at their junction, bearing load from two directions at once.
The Resurrection Isn’t Plan B
When God asks, "Can these bones live?" the question hangs in the air. Ezekiel wisely answers, "O Lord God, thou knowest."
The Blind Man Who Saw What Everyone Missed
...Farmers cursed when black sludge contaminated their water. Drake saw what others missed:
Leaving Your Waterpot With Jesus
...the men had been dragging heavy boats filled with silver flatware, books, and other possessions across the ice while they starved. They carried what they thought they needed while abandoning what would have saved them.
Look Up
God invites us to look, and then shows us something that exceeds our wildest expectations.
From Hiding to Hiding Place
John Newton stood on the deck of a slave ship, watching human cargo suffer below. He knew the horror firsthand—the chains, the disease, the death. Even after a violent storm at sea brought him to faith in 1748, he continued in the slave trade for six more years.
Josh Cehulik 