This time of year we read of Mary magnifying God; we sing of Mary holding the baby Jesus.
But put yourself in Mary’s shoes. A young woman, probably about sixteen years…
On August 9, Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Wilson is white. Brown was black.
Was that shooting racially motivated?
In the summer of 1975 I worked…
David and Goliath by Andrew Shanks
[Andrew and Laura Shanks were part of Desiring God Community Church while he was studying at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary from 2005-2008. Now pastor of Fontaine…
How do people react to Jesus?
As we saw in last Sunday’s sermon, in Matthew’s account of the crucifixion, once Pilate condemns Jesus to death, all the people who speak mock…
Last Sunday’s sermon text includes these verses:
So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before…
What is love?
There are a thousand answers to that question, since we use the word “love” in so many different ways. So let’s narrow the question down:
What is God’s love?…