I was also surprised to learn that though a common dictionary meaning for repentance is to feel sorry, in the Hebrew of the Bible to repent is not just a feeling but an action. To repent (shuv) is to ...

As the Iran war ratchets up with no end in sight, this devotion to Trump is veering into idolatry.

As our devotions for Lent continue, the focus shifts just a bit. We began pondering the question, “Why the cross?” and rested on sin as the heart of the reason.

Our hearts aren’t prepared for the Lord until they are ready to love others. The Book of Luke, more than any of the other Gospels, presents a sweeping look at Jesus’ teachings on ethics. Over half the ...

The word ‘‘repent’’ has the puritanical flavor of guilt and punishment. It’s a pill of a word with a bad aftertaste, a turnoff to Christianity. Recently, I discovered that the original Greek word in ...

In the summer of 1976, I was attending Melodyland School of Theology in Anaheim, California. After attending a class on evangelism, God called me to preach my first sermon on the street − on the ...