What does it look like to rejoice when life is hard? How do we find comfort when what we deeply desire is out of reach? Isaiah's third servant song seems to be for people asking those questions. Through the servant's words we find wisdom that helps us walk through the...
"In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God!" God, through the prophet Isaiah announced that he would do something new. A servant would come that would deliver his people and the nations from darkness. And then,...
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, a season of anticipation rooted in our deepest needs. We are looking for light - and we are not alone in this. Isaiah testifies that Israel was needing the same thing. This year for Advent we're looking at some of Isaiah's...
Jesus ends his sermon with a challenge to all those who hear it. He's given us a vision for what his kingdom looks like and how we can join him in building it. He also tells us what it looks like to build our own. Where are you going to build your house?...
We're getting to the end of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and it's here in Matthew 7:13-14 where he brings us to a point of decision. He lays out two ways - one is comfortable and the other is definitely challenging - and then he basically says "Follow me down the narrow...
Clayton Nelson points to how Jesus is teaching us to ask God for help when we're taking the plank out of our own eye and choosing not to judge our sisters and brothers and when we're living out the "do to others what you want them to do for you."...