In Jesus’ encounter with two people in great need we are reminded that God’s ways are not our ways; and that God’s ways are always better.

Change is unavoidable but how we change should follow God’s design for change.

What it means to be a saint, in Christ Jesus, and the joy, freedom, and security that comes with knowing God as our Father and Christ as our Lord.

Lamentations articulates some of the worst human suffering. In response, a prayer for the Lord’s restoration is made.

We will see how wisdom holds the secret to being truly alive in every generation.

God, according to His sovereign will, works all things together for the good of the believer. Not some things or most things, but ALL things … even our thorny trials and hardships.

When you are going through suffering, what is your relationship with God like? When your friends or family are suffering, how do you comfort them? Job tells us that God has the answer to our suffering, and how we are to look to Him during those times.

The Parable of the Sower invites us to consider both our own hearts and our outward engagement with the world as we receive and share the good news of God’s kingdom.

Living in the joy of the Son setting you free.

In our passage Micah extols our incomparable God for his wondrous grace in forgiving us all of our sins and casting them all into the depths of the sea.

Chad Vegas speaks at the WSCal 2024 Robert G. and Nellie den Dulk Lectures: Semper Reformada and Ministry. The lectures hope to address the question: what gives ministers and elders the courage to reform the piety and practice of the church entrusted to their care?

As stewards of the gospel, Christians are called to share in Christ's afflictions in order to take His gospel to the nations.

God led his people through the rushing Jordan River to demonstrate that his power and presence are more than sufficient to meet his people’s needs. We serve a God who takes a particular delight in ordaining difficult circumstances to serve as the perfect context in which he proves his unrivaled power on our behalf.  

Saving faith is vindicated by Spirit-wrought good works.

Psalm 61 provides the believer a wonderful roadmap for prayer, bringing us back into the way of trusting God when we cry out for guidance, remember his faithfulness, and long for his presence.

God is working all things for our salvation, but the path that gets us there is rarely that of least resistance. In Exodus 2, we find the crooked roadmap that prepares Moses to be the savior of Israel–prefiguring the cruciform itinerary that leads Christ to be the Savior of the world.

At the halfway point of my ministry career, Lord willing, I will reflect on a few hard lessons learned about ministry and myself as I relate to Simon P in the gospel of Luke.