Posts from 2021

The parable of the Prodigal son in Luke 15 is special partly because it is one of the passages that gives us a direct glimpse into the kind of Father God is.  The son decided he would rather have the riches that he would one day have inherited from his father than to live in his father’s presence.  So, he took his things and left.  But somewhere along the way, he realized the difference that love makes.  When in the…

This passage has always convinced me that Jesus had a sense of humor. If what he’s saying wasn’t so completely serious, it’d be downright hilarious.  Try to visualize the image he paints:  Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that…