Introduction We come to the end of our series in this glorious book, Isaiah.  What a journey! What kinds of things has God done in your life? What valleys have been raised,...

Introduction I have some good news and some bad news. That’s a classic setup we often hear. It's a phrase that can make our hearts race a little because we never quite know...

Introduction Sometime back, I was looking at a notebook journal my wife had picked up at TJ Maxx. The cover said, “Be Still and Know.” So I opened it up and began to read the...

Introduction We’re in a very exciting section of Isaiah in our series Yahweh Alone is God.  The energy of the whole of Isaiah 40–55 is like the invitation Cinderella receives to...

Introduction At some point my son got too big, so we stopped doing the yearly trek to Florida, the 20-hour drive each way. But for many years, it was a family highlight! Having...

Introduction The lie that has endured all generations, all the way back to the actions of the first created people, is that the abundant life is the independent life. One of the...

The trash in our subdivision gets picked up on Tuesday. So on Monday night it’s common to see trucks drive slowly down the street to see what kinds of treasures people are...

Introduction We come to the end of the first section of Isaiah 40–55. What a journey it’s been so far! The audience is the exiled community from Judah, exiled to Babylon, exiled...

Introduction As we continue our series Isaiah: Yahweh Alone is God, we come to a text that features the fall of empire. The historical empire whose demise is prophesied in our...

Introduction Around the same time that Isaiah prophesied, a certain character within Greek mythology came about: Sisyphus. There are various versions of the story of Sisyphus....

Introduction We continue our series in Isaiah Yahweh Alone is God, and today that fact is on display as when a diamond is set on black velvet and pulls everyone’s attention to...

Introduction Obsession. What is obsession? My dog’s fascination with food. You know it when you see it. Young love tends to be obsessive. The scientist in search of a discovery....