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There’s this thing in pop culture called a Mic Drop Moment. The speaker, often a stand-up comic, says something profound or pointed at the end of the act and dramatically…

There are three kinds of questions in the world. Questions that attempt to lead to a conclusion. Questions that attempt to uncover honest answers. Questions that attempt to trap someone.…

It is easy to confuse God’s patience with permission. We see that truth in a very pointed parable that Jesus told. After He had upset the Temple market and the…

Authority is all around us. Some of it is good and beneficial. Some of it is corrupt and harmful. During the week following Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, various leaders…

One Saturday morning every August, our small town barricades and diverts the highway running down its center to have a parade. It’s a community event with bands, floats, and candy.…

Mark has spent most of his Gospel showing that Jesus is the Son of God. In Mark 11, we get a glimpse of Jesus’ humanity. After entering Jerusalem on a…

The week before Easter/Resurrection Sunday, we recall the moment when Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a donkey. With shouts of Hosanna! And Blessings! He rode into town on a carpet of…

Let’s dive right in. “They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was…

One day, two disciples asked Jesus for positions of power and prestige. In Mark 10:35, James and John, the “Sons of Thunder” asked to sit at Jesus’ left and right…

There is a literary device in fiction called foreshadowing. That is where the writer gives you a subtle hint that seems unimportant but foreshadows future events. A character casually says…

I prayerfully considered whether to pen anything on these pages concerning the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Most of Lambchow’s audience, after all, is not American or connected to our political…

One of the songs in the musical Fiddler on the Roof declares in part: If I were rich, I’d have the time that I lack to sit in the synagogue…