The ancient world is full of stories about resurrected gods. Why do we celebrate Jesus and not the other gods? What difference does the resurrected Jesus make?

The Lord is in need. He needs a donkey to carry him into Jerusalem. And Jesus needs you to be the donkey. Jesus needs us to carry him into the world. But we need to know this, according to the Gospels, Jesus refuses to be carried on a war horse. He will only be carried…

For Isaiah and the other prophets, it doesn’t matter what particular religious law says. Because any law that divides us from them, any law that tells us to detest others and treat them as abominations, should not be remembered.

God invites us to participate in God’s radical economy of grace. It’s not an economy of competition of us against them. It is an economy of grace. It’s an economy of giving to one another because God has already given us so much.

Jesus refused to pander to the political cowards of his day. He named them for what they were – fearful politicians who held onto power by directing hatred within his supporters against scapegoats. But here is the point: Jesus didn’t allow the fox of his day to get in the way of his mission, which…

The Bible tells us that all people are created in the image of God. That is our identity as human beings. We are all divine image bearers. And so immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, are created in God’s very image.