Harry Wilson closes the arc on the chapter where nobody behaves well and the person with the least power carries the most cost — and argues that Christ offends our…
Acts ends with Paul under house arrest, receiving visitors morning to evening. Some were convinced, others would not believe — recorded without embarrassment. He treats the rejection not as failure…
Mark’s resurrection account is the least tidy of the four. Pastor Adam builds on one word — afterward — and on a pattern where Christ shows up following a disappointment,…
Jesus commends the widow not for the size of her gift but for what was left afterwards — a considerably more uncomfortable standard than the one most giving is measured…
The bush burns for some time before anyone speaks — God calls only when he sees Moses has gone over to look. Pastor Adam builds on an invitation that was…
A rich man climbs a tree to see over a crowd, and Jesus invites himself to dinner — reversing the direction of the invitation. What follows is restitution nobody demanded,…