Category: Topical
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Crimson Cry – Matthew 27:46
Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? The darkest moment in history begins with a quotation. Jesus does not invent new words from the cross. He reaches back into Psalm 22…
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Praying Them Forward
Paul had every reason to be frustrated with the Corinthians. They questioned him. Criticized him. Undermined him. If anyone could have said, “Lord, deal with them,” it was Paul…. But he didn’t.
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Double Peace
Isaiah gives us a song for a future day: “In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt keep him in…
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When God Doesn’t Remove It
If I’m honest, that’s not the answer I usually want. I want relief. I want clarity. I want the door opened, the pain stopped, the problem fixed. But sometimes God answers prayer by giving Himself instead of giving solutions.
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The Light That Isn’t
If a message removes the necessity of repentance, the reality of sin, or the sufficiency of Christ’s blood, no matter how luminous it appears, it is not from the Father of Lights
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The Debt Transferred
Tucked into the New Testament is a short letter that feels almost private. Yet the Spirit preserved it for us. It is the letter to Philemon. A runaway slave named Onesimus meets Paul. A believing master named Philemon waits at home. And between them stands the gospel.
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Our Inheritance Is a Person
Scripture says, “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard… the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). There will be beauty, joy, and experiences beyond imagination. But those blessings are not the center. Jesus is. He is our inheritance.
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Change Your Course
There is a dangerous confidence that can quietly settle into the human heart. It is the assumption that we know better, that our course is wiser, that our timing is superior.
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Bought Out of the Market
Ephesians 1 is a mountain range of truth, and verse 7 is one of its highest peaks. Paul brings us to the word redemption—a word that is not soft or sentimental, but sharp and costly.
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In the Embrace of the Beloved
The word accepted carries the idea of being embraced, highly favored, welcomed in. Not barely allowed in. Not reluctantly tolerated. Embraced.
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Written in the Book
God is never shown predestining anyone to hell. Not once. Every time predestination is mentioned, it is unto adoption, unto sonship, unto conformity to Christ.
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Never Stop Praying for Your Children
There are some battles you cannot fight with words, lectures, or consequences. They are fought on your knees.
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My Dungeon, His Prayer
What do I do in my dungeon? Mine may not have iron bars. Mine might look like a season I did not plan. A door that never opened. A responsibility that feels smaller than the dreams I once carried. Maybe I thought the Lord would use me somewhere else, in some greater way. But instead,…
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When the Bible Feels Dry
Have you ever opened your Bible, hit a chapter full of names, measurements, or mildew laws… and thought, Lord, what am I supposed to do with this?
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From the Field to the Feast
Tucked inside the Book of Ruth is more than a love story. It is a prophetic portrait. A Gentile bride. A kinsman redeemer. A public transaction. And a wedding that leads to a kingdom.
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Go in Peace
In 2 Kings 5, we meet Naaman, the commander of the army of Syria. He is a powerful man, respected and accomplished — but he is also a leper. Through the testimony of a captive Israelite servant girl, Naaman hears that there is a prophet in Israel who can help him. Desperate, he travels to…
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The Measure of the Seed
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
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I Know My Redeemer Lives
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.”
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When God Speaks in the Night
“For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.…
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Drawn Before We Knew
Salvation does not begin with man climbing toward God. It begins with God stepping toward man.
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The Only One Who Could Sit on That Throne
Only two of the Gospels record genealogies, and that is not accidental. Matthew writes to present Jesus as King. Luke, however, presents Jesus as the Son of Man.
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Three Groups, One King
In Matthew 13, Jesus gives three parables in close succession—the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, and the dragnet. These are often taught as separate lessons, but together they form a single prophetic picture of how God will bring this age to its conclusion.
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When Sweat Became Blood
Luke was not guessing. He was a physician. And when he wrote that Jesus’ sweat became “as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground” (Luke 22:44), he chose a word that demands attention.
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The Bird That Forgets
In Job 39 the Lord describes the ostrich in striking terms. She lays her eggs in the dirt. She warms them in the dust. And it reads almost like this: she forgets where she put them.
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When God Asks the Question
We are not strangers to questioning the Lord. Job certainly did. In the middle of loss, confusion, and silence, he poured out his complaint and demanded answers. And yet, when the Lord finally spoke, He did not begin with explanations. He began with questions.
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Before the Runway Goes Dark
What if the only thing between you and disaster was a light that will not stay on forever? Scripture says, Today is the day of salvation. Not someday. Not when it feels convenient. Today.