"Bridegroom” is one of the important scriptural titles for the Messiah. Jesus purposefully goes into hostile territory, Samaria. And while there, He starts up a conversation with an unmarried, perhaps-five-time-divorced,…
Nicodemus is a character that perfectly personifies the tensions that surrounded Jesus. And he seems completely unique in the Gospels. What might a beautiful painting of his memorable nighttime meeting…
Today’s character, the first in a series of portraits during Lent, is Satan. Scripture references for today take us back to the very beginning and remind us that Satan is…
There’s something about smell that can do wondrous things. The Apostle Paul says that God uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume, and that…
What does it mean to live a penitent life? One burden we surely don’t need to carry with us on this Lenten journey is unconfessed sin. And we don’t have…