We know from Hebrews 4:12 that, “The word of God is living and effective.” It is the voice of the shepherd who we about read in chapter 10 of John’s Gospel this 4th Sunday of Easter. This voice, this word of God delights us. We read this in Acts 13: 48, “The Gentiles were delighted […]
Author: Joe Galloway
Worthy to Suffer Dishonor!?
Acts 5:41 reads, “So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.” What?! Happy to be found worthy to suffer dishonor? That sounds counter-intuitive. It is certainly counter-cultural today. Who enjoys suffering? But isn’t that how it is sometimes as a […]
Divine Mercy
On Divine Mercy Sunday we read in Psalm 118:13-14, “I was hard pressed and falling, but the LORD came to my help. My strength and my courage is The LORD.” Strength and courage are His Divine Mercy in us! All of us are broken in some way, hard pressed and falling. Our brokenness is caused […]
Jesus is Risen – Alleluia!
Jesus is risen – Alleluia! Can you believe it? Do you believe it? We read in John 20:8 how the disciple ran to the tomb and looked in. What did he see? What he didn’t see was Jesus’s body. He saw an empty tomb. He saw and believed that Jesus is risen. Do you believe […]
The Great Paradox of Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday kicks off the great paradox of Holy Week. Can you imagine God, the omniscient, omnipotent Creator of the universe, the source of all we are and all we have – you know, God! – humbling himself in front of you? But that’s what He did: He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey instead of […]