What is Truth? (John 1:14; 18:38)

John, the gospel writer, invites us to hear the interaction between our Lord and Pilate.  The age old question that has plagued fallen man is asked, “What is truth?”  Can we ever know the answer to this question?  Can we know truth?  If we can know truth then how can this truth be so encouraging and assuring in light of the cross’ offense?

The Ordeal Champion (Psalm 69)

There are times when we are tempted to think that God is not walking with us in the midst of our trials.  We can think that the Lord is not really there nor is the Lord really all that gracious.  We can think that until we consider the words of Psalm 69.  How can the words of Psalm 69 and the suffering of our Lord encourage us in those trying times? 

Friday Fools (1 Corinthians 1:18)

Christ assures us that the folly of Christ’s cross is salvation manifested by the power of God.  How can this be?  This sounds impossible because the cross is a method of execution.  Why would we want this symbol?  The tragedy is that we are tempted to sanitize this symbol, but why is that so tragic?  What could be the possible benefit of this cross?

Suffering Servant:Suffering Warrior (Isa. 52:13-53:12)

When Isaiah speaks of the suffering servant we think that this is a champion who will prevail and will not falter.  You would hope that a warrior would be one who would show up with armor, and adorned in such a way that the nations would tremble to be in his midst.  However, this is not how the Lord conducts this war.  What does this servant look like?  What kind of servant and warrior do we see?