By Miguel Lara What do you do when you are about to take a long trip away from home, leaving your family behind? Probably you take time to talk to them about your trip and leave them with instructions on what to do while you are gone. As a Christian you would also commend yourself […]
By Miguel Lara When you get on your knees to pray to God, what do you say? What do you ask for? How do you approach the Creator of the universe and the author of life when you want to communicate with him? Is there a model that one can follow? We all follow patterns […]
By Tyler McKenzie It’s AD 14, Jesus will be 20 soon, and Caesar Augustus, the emperor of four decades who was worshipped as divine for establishing a time of unprecedented peace, is dead. Leader shifts leave governments vulnerable, so as the news spread, Rome holds its collective breath. Uncertainty abounds. Will a tyrant claim […]
By Tyler McKenzie Well it’s Christmas season, isn’t it? Look around—all the things that resemble sanity in your life got packed up on Black Friday and shipped to January 1st. Happy Holidays! There’s the shopping frenzy, the cross-country travel, the push at work for year-end bonuses, the kids home from school, and the reality show […]
By Tyler McKenzie Incarnation, the Christmas paradox: majesty dressed in humility, God’s Son growing in Mary’s belly, the Prince born peasant, Creator created, higher than angels laid lower than cattle, Jesus’ extraordinarily ordinary arrival. Can you feel the tension? If not, try reading Hebrews 1 over a modern-day manger, preferably while in use. “[God] […]
