As we look at our world, it’s so easy to grow discouraged, isn’t it? Wars, illness, political strife, international tension, and not to mention the more personal anxieties and disagreements and despairs we carry around each day. This world is broken, and it’s broken by the wickedness of man. How does God deal with such wickedness? When we are...

One of the great Christmas passages of the Bible comes in Isaiah 9:6, “For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us.” Each December, this verse is preached in churches around the world. The hope of a child is upon us. Christ has come! But in the early pages of the Bible, the...

At some point in their little lives, my kids got the impression I knew the origins of everything. Well, not everything. Mostly baseball. I’m inundated daily with questions about the history of the game. Who was the first to hit a grand slam? Which team recorded the first triple play? What is the fastest a pitcher has ever thrown?...

From Genesis 3 forward, the Bible’s narrative is marked by a sense of anticipation. God makes promises to people throughout history, promises that all build toward one shared fulfillment in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. But the anticipation doesn’t stop there. It keeps building toward another promise, the promise of the final restoration of all things and the final...

If you ever wondered about the value God places on human beings, you only need to read Psalm 8. Humanity, which was made a little lower, or a little less, than God Himself (Ps. 8:5), rules over the rest of creation. We are God’s representatives for the rest of the world—a little lower, yet infinitely greater. This is true...