“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one…For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith…” (Romans 3:10-12, 22-25, ESV).  Read More

The fear of man is the beginning of restlessness. An empty promise. A hole that no amount of affirmation or achievements can fill. It can fuel our choices and fill our thoughts until our entire imagination is engorged with it like a tick. But it will leave us depleted.  Read More

When you walk in the valley of shadows, it’s messy. There’s no sunshine. And, since there’s no sunshine, there’s mud. And it gets on you. And it’s hard to get off.  Read More

The cross was hideous. Rough, splintery, bloody. It had but one purpose . . . two actually: to torture and to kill. An empty, bloody cross meant that it had discharged its gory duty. The condemned one was dead. Publicly executed so that no one would doubt his guilt or condone his behavior.  Read More

Death. We will all face it. One day, our hearts will stop beating. Blood will stop coursing through our veins. Our lungs will stop taking in oxygen, and our brains will stop sending signals to our nervous system to act.  Read More

The moment man chose sin, God, the artist, took out a needle and gathered His threads - vivid yellows and soothing greens, peaceful blues and bold reds, pale pinks and quiet grays - and began a work...a tapestry. And through the centuries, He wove the threads into intricate patterns of sin and redemption, justice and mercy, destruction and restoration, defeat and victory.  Read More