The Word to the World
In the text before us, we enter the Garden with Jesus, Peter, James, and John. Without being unduly critical, let us learn to pay better attention than they did. Whether we are prepared for what lies ahead depends on it. We must watch and we
In June 2009, I preached a sermon from Exodus 15 titled “When the Music Fades.” There, God’s people, having just celebrated his faithfulness and power, worshipfully sang in response (vv. 1–21). Almost immediately after their celebration, they murmured because of unbelief (vv. 22–27). They went
In the late 1490s, Leonardo Da Vinci painted what has become the best-known religious painting in the Western world: The Last Supper. He painted it in the dining room of a well-known convent in Milan, Italy. It took him several years to complete it. It
When I was in university, I had a good friend named Bill. Bill was a star athlete, who earned a university scholarship for his abilities. Bill was also a Christian. One day, he became persuaded that his Christianity was suffering in pursuit of his athletic