There's something profoundly mysterious about suffering. It visits us uninvited, disrupts our plans, and forces us to confront questions we'd rather avoid. Yet woven throughout Scripture is a remarkable truth: our suffering is not meaningless, and we do not bear it alone.Isaiah 53:4-6 paints one of the most moving portraits of redemption in all of Scripture:"Surely he has borne our griefs and carr...  Read More

Picture this: a crowded house in ancient Capernaum, packed wall-to-wall with people straining to hear Jesus teach. The air is thick with anticipation. Outside, four men arrive carrying their paralyzed friend on a stretcher, hoping for a miracle. But when they reach the house, their hearts sink. There's no way through the crowd. No path to Jesus.What would you do in that moment? Most of us would pr...  Read More

The scene is almost chaotic—an entire city pressed against a single doorway, desperate bodies pushing forward, voices crying out for help. Word had spread like wildfire through the streets of Capernaum: there was a man who could heal the sick with just a touch.Earlier that day, He had entered the home of Simon Peter and Andrew, where Simon's mother-in-law lay burning with fever. Without fanfare, w...  Read More

We live in an age of endless noise. Every moment of our day, voices clamor for our attention, each promising to guide us toward a better life. Our phones buzz with notifications, advertisements promise fulfillment, influencers tell us how to live, and experts offer conflicting advice on everything from what we should eat to how we should think. The modern world has become a cacophony of competing ...  Read More

There's something deeply human about our fascination with authority. We argue endlessly about who has the right to interpret words, to make decisions, to tell us what things mean. From courtrooms to coffee shops, we debate who gets the final say. But beneath all these earthly arguments lies a deeper hunger—a longing to know what the ultimate authority has to say about our lives.The Gospel of Mark ...  Read More

There's something profoundly disorienting about being in danger and not realizing it. Imagine thrashing in rushing water, convinced you're about to drown, only to hear someone shouting from the bank: "Just stand up and walk out." The water is only knee-deep. The terror was real, but the solution was simpler than you could have imagined.This captures something essential about the human condition an...  Read More