Jesus’ last words sputtered while hanging on the device of roman capital punishment, the cross, reveal the depths of God’s love: “Father forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing” (verse 34) “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise” (verse 43).   Those words must have shifted something inside the criminals hanging next to him, as they do us today. One responded in doubtful bitterness, the other in humble repentance. The Word Incarnate’s final utterance, according...

The past, present and future God of reversals. This is who we worship on Easter. And this is whom Psalm 118 identifies as the...

There are few passages in scripture quite as sensational as the scene we encounter in the giant military might vs. teenager shepherd. It...