The Commitment to Prosper

Click for audio: The Commitment to Prosper At the culmination of his earthly ministry, Jesus made a fateful decision: he “set his face” to enter Jerusalem. The Gospel writers make it clear that he was aware of the potential danger lurking in this heart of Judaism and...

The Resurrection Principle

(click for audio) “He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay” (Matthew 28:6). According to Matthew’s version of the resurrection, when “Mary Mag’dalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher,” they found it empty. An...

Commitment to the Ideal

(Click here for audio) “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say; ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour” (John 12:27). In this scene, as depicted in the Gospel of John, Jesus is about to enter Jerusalem and become the...