Author: Omar Rikabi

Maybe the reason we’re not ready for the “new and relevant thing” is because there isn’t one.

What does it profit me to gain a complete resume, but lose my soul?

Jesus’ divine nature can become our nature. God’s glory can become our glory. That’s worth rejoicing about.

The temptation we all face in any level of Bible study is the Living Word of God becoming merely informational instead of transformational.

Simon Peter often responded out of selfish love for himself. The slave and apostle responded out of profound love for God and for others. This move took his entire life, and it will take ours.

if Jesus is pursuing every person, we can only know what He’s up to by entering into another person’s story through holy love.

As we come to the close of the Christmas season, God’s people must be able to tell why the story of Jesus’ birth is good news. And we must tell it well, beyond the season.

Satan lied because he’s been after Jesus since the beginning, and humanity is the enemy’s collateral damage.

Jesus is political, but not in the ways we think, practice, or post on Twitter.

Instead of a list of goals for the year, how about a prayer?

God’s plan for our Christmas heroes was Jesus. And that’s the real gift of good news for us.

The first two chapters of Luke’s gospel could be considered Jesus’ baby book. And today’s text is one of those really big moments that usually doesn’t make the Christmas pageant.