"No one after drinking old wine wants the new.” – Luke 5:39The word "wants" in this verse is important. It doesn't mean people can't taste the new wine. It means they won't. It's a choice. And it's a ...  Read More

"No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one... And no one pours new wine into old wineskins." – Luke 5:36-37Theologian Tim Keller once said, "Religion is the ultimate defense agains...  Read More

But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old is just fine,’ they say. – Luke 5:39Here's an uncomfortable question: what if the most dangerous place to be spiritually isn't r...  Read More

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me." — John 14:1Before the theology. Before the big declarations. Jesus simply said, "Don't be troubled."Maybe that's the word ...  Read More

"Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father." — John 14:9Nine words. And they change everything.Jesus isn't saying He's similar to God, or that He's a rough sketch of the Father. The writer of Hebrews...  Read More

"Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?" — John 14:9Philip walked with Jesus for three years. Over a thousand days of front-row access to miracles, meals, and co...  Read More

"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being." — Hebrews 1:3Some people have walked away from God; and honestly, who could blame them? A church that shamed them. A...  Read More

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love – not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent ...  Read More

"Who do you say I am?" – Matthew 16:15Here's the thing about Peter's confession, it wasn't a one-time event filed away and finished. Peter would later deny Jesus three times on the worst night of his ...  Read More

"The gates of Hades will not overcome it." – Matthew 16:18Here's something easy to miss. Gates are defensive structures. They don't charge. They don't attack. They hold ground and keep things out. So ...  Read More

"You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." – Matthew 16:16Notice where Peter made this declaration. He was standing in front of a rock wall covered in shrines to dead gods — carved stone that c...  Read More

"This was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven." – Matthew 16:17Most people have opinions about Jesus. But here's the uncomfortable truth, most of those opinions were for...  Read More