WESLEY ARNING

Babylon could’ve become a graveyard for their people, their history, and their faith, but a miracle happened—Babylon actually became a time

Jerusalem may have been where Jesus died, but Galilee is where he lived. By summoning the disciples back home, Jesus is bringing them out

In a few moments, we will come up to the altar rail to receive this humbling reminder, but notice that we do something strange in this

When it comes to being faithful stewards of creation and the ground on which we stand, it appears that our first act is to open our eyes and

When rooted to the simple, yet transformational, call of the Gospel, religion can only be sublime because, in some strange way, we are

Many times, we have allowed the names we have given ourselves, or the ones people have given us, to shape us in tremendous (and many times

For us today, gratitude is not three easy steps away. Instead, it is a natural reaction to the God who provides…whose provision is so

We are “the xenoi,” the strangers who carry with us a promise. We hold claim to a heavenly city that we have yet to see, but we

When we take Christian freedom to the extreme it is watered down to nothingness—we are like everyone else. When we take Christian discipline

Elijah had been on the very edge for so long, being the first in line like a drum major leading the way for God’s prophetic word, but now he

The point was not how good of an orator Paul, or Apollos or Peter was—it was all about the One they were preaching about. In their haste to

We mustn’t be lured into thinking that ministry is flashy or even noteworthy to anyone but God. Tabitha’s faithfulness to the poor is a

The cross alone is not special. It is God on the cross that makes the cross significant.

When Isaiah talks about God’s light, and when Jesus says he is this “promised light,” there is this sense of hope because both Isaiah and

They aren’t delusional or disconnected from the stark realities of their country, but because of Jesus and his work on the cross, they are

It should be no surprise to us, the members of his mystical body, that diversity is not an issue or roadblock to be incorporated into the

The Magi are not outliers in this story, they didn’t just stumble into this scene haphazardly, but they are the first indication in this

Power and authority are rightly with the true king, and quite shockingly he then hands some of that power and authority back to us.

The comfort and security of wealth and possessions will lead you to forget that you were once slaves—that at one time you had no land...

Our passage from Numbers shows a very human portrait of Israel’s great leader. Moses is at his breaking point. The weight of leadership