Category Archives: Quotes

The Wonderful Cross: The Blood of Jesus, Part 1

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Jason

In November 2004, Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago joined several other hospitals around the country experimenting with the use of a synthetic blood substitute called Polyheme. Loyola made the decision to equip some of their ambulances with this blood … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful Cross: Substitution, Part 3

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Jason

Some will say, “How is this just?” This is yet another critique of the cross. Some want to point at the substitutionary death of Jesus as evidence that God is not just. Otherwise, they argue, how could He allow an … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful Cross: The Passover Lamb, Part 2

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Jason

One way to think about the cross is to ask the question: What problem does the cross solve? From the very beginning, the Bible declares that our predicament is so great that only God can resolve the problem. The cross … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful Cross: God’s Justice and Righteousness, Part 1

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Jason

At this point in our series, we turn to what has been called one of the most theologically important passages in the New Testament: But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned: Slow Down, Part 3

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Jason

Augustine lived over 1,600 years ago and was one of the most important voices in the history of the church. He was a deep thinker, a prolific writer, and a passionate preacher. One of his most enduring lines gets at … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned: Slow Down, Part 2

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Jason

Believe it or not, our busyness is one of the great threats to our spiritual lives. In his book Soul Keeping, John Ortberg tells of a time when he was weary and frazzled and exhausted. His ministry was expanding, his … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned: Be Grateful, Part 1

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Jason

We’ve heard it hundreds of times: 2020 has been a difficult year in so many respects. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of over 250,000 Americans and has completely disrupted our way of life this year. I read a line … Continue reading →

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Quick to Love

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Jason

These words were written in 1868, but they are poignant for our time as well: Life is short. We do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel the way with us. So, be quick to … Continue reading →

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Walter Wink on the power of the cross

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Jason

As the structures of value and normative behavior in this age, wisdom and law are the powers that regulate existence for Gentile and Jew respectively. They are symbolic abbreviations of what the civilized and religious world considers its highest values. … Continue reading →

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Preach the Gospel. Die. Be Forgotten.

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Jason
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