Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash ALEX’S COMMENTARY The passage points to two common mistakes in our Christian walk: first, our tendency to deal with real life without considering the glorious and eternal; second, our pretense of the perfect, problem-free...
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Alex’s Comment Besides providing the fundamental Truth for our hope, the passage works as a reset button for our self-centered tendencies championed by our Supra-Enemy, culture. I am always amazed by how easy it is for us to...
Photo by Jacqueline Munguía on Unsplash Alex’s Commentary What makes future glory unique is not the streets of gold, new homes, or wolves and sheep getting along. It is unique because the Triune God of the Universe will be there. Permanently. And we, His...
Photo by Yume Photography on Unsplash Commentary The “labor springing out of love” (1 Thess. 1:3), which they needed to keep growing in (4:1, 10), is indeed a catalyst for rejoicing based on Timothy’s report back to Paul (1 Thess. 3:6). There is only...
Photo by Lisa Yount on Unsplash Alex’s Commentary Our text of today highlights the fact that the Almighty is at the ready to defend us; His presence is constant and persistent, immovable and unchangeable. This fact must put in perspective how much, how...