"Why this waste? It could have been sold and the money given to the poor." – Mark 14:4-5The ink is barely dry on one of the most beautiful acts in the Gospels, and already the critics are talking. And...  Read More

"She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head." – Mark 14:3Picture the scene. A woman walks into a room full of men, uninvited, carrying the most valuable thing she owns. No announcement. No e...  Read More

"Neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of sin." — John 8:11Grace always says something next. It doesn't leave you where it found you.Here's the full picture of this story: Jesus bends d...  Read More

"Go now and leave your life of sin." — John 8:11If Jesus had only said "neither do I condemn you," this story would still be one of the most powerful in Scripture. But He didn't stop there. He added e...  Read More

"Neither do I condemn you." — John 8:11Before Jesus says anything about change, He says something about safety. "Neither do I condemn you." That's not Jesus winking at sin or pretending it doesn't mat...  Read More

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." — Romans 8:1There's a difference between guilt and shame that's worth understanding. Guilt says, "I did something bad." Sha...  Read More

"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." — John 8:7Picture this scene: a woman dragged into a crowded temple court, exposed and humiliated at her lowest moment...  Read More

"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” – John 10:10At the end of everything Jesus said in Luke 5, there's one image worth sitting with: new wine, poured and waiting on the tab...  Read More

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” – Matthew 5:17Here's the grace in Jesus' words: He's not mocking the Pharisees ...  Read More

"No one after drinking old wine wants the new.” – Luke 5:39The word "wants" in this verse is important. It doesn't mean people can't taste the new wine. It means they won't. It's a choice. And it's a ...  Read More

"No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one... And no one pours new wine into old wineskins." – Luke 5:36-37Theologian Tim Keller once said, "Religion is the ultimate defense agains...  Read More

But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old is just fine,’ they say. – Luke 5:39Here's an uncomfortable question: what if the most dangerous place to be spiritually isn't r...  Read More