This Reformation Sunday sermon concludes the Villains in the Bible series (from Church Anew) by looking at perhaps the most unsettling villain, one we may all too easily find ourselves consumed by: The crowd. Most evil in the world happens not because
For this penultimate entry in the “Villains in the Bible” series (from Church Anew), our villain for the week is…[drumroll, please]…Satan. The devil. The Father of Lies. The tempter. Evil incarnate. In this week’s Scripture reading from Matthew 4, Jesus
I have some news: I wrote a book! Well, a (very) short book. Called & Equipped: Biblical Stories of God Working in Extraordinary Ways through Ordinary People is a one-week devotional book focusing on some of my favorite parts of
As we pass the halfway mark in “Villains in the Bible” series (from Church Anew), we move to the New Testament to encounter a king so afraid of losing his throne that he’s willing to commit awful violence to hold
Every villain has an origin story. For most of his life, King David was the hero. As a boy, he defeated Goliath, and as a musician, he composed much of the book of Psalms. But his power as king warped