More than Ritual

“Unless you do far better than the Pharisees in matters of right living, you won’t know the first thing about entering the Kingdom.” (Matthew 5:20 MSG) I have always wondered about the Pharisees: about how they got so powerful, so familiar with God’s word and…

The Missing Piece

“You’re the One, O God, who does this. So You’re the One for whom we wait. You made it all. You do it all.” (Jeremiah 14:22 MSG) Jeremiah was known as the weeping prophet because his nation, the people of God, had wandered way off…