Topic: Faithfulness

Perhaps amidst the increasingly depressing state of the world, Jesus is calling us to learn the path of faithfulness from those who never win.

Jesus’s primary aim was not saving us for heaven after we die, but establishing a culture of whole-hearted loved in the here and now.

Those who faithfully follow Jesus and proclaim his message are flawed human beings who will not often appear successful or impressive.

The image of Jesus as the good shepherd can speak of tough life-on-the-line love, not just cuddling lambs.

God is passionately in love with us and longing to give us every good thing if we will respond to his love.

The author of Hebrews is concerned that the first-century believers will become distracted and discouraged, so he wrote the letter of Hebrews to exhort and encourage them. This passage also speaks to us today and tells us an important message so that we can stay on course in our spiritual journey and finish the race of life that God has set for us.

Stunning moments of spiritual clarity can be life-changing, but the real measure of our faithfulness is in how we live for the rest of the time.

In baptism we surrender to God’s claim on us and enter a vowed relationship and life which will have its ups and its downs but in which God is forever faithful.

Jesus asks us to assess the legitimacy of any ministry by its transforming and liberating outcomes for the world and its peoples.

God has promised a time of resurrection and renewal, and has given us guidance for living faithfully in the meantime.

Adversity, violence, and suffering can come as a consequence of not just sin, but of radical love, but with love it can strengthen and sharpen us for fullness of life.

The temptations faced by Jesus reveal common patterns in the demonic temptations that we face in our own lives.