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"James: Lesson 2"
... James reminds us that God looks beyond fine clothes, or rags, and sees into people’s hearts. We strive to do that too! But it is a...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Sep 7, 20244 min read


"James: Lesson 1"
All you really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, can be learned from the Lord Jesus Christ. It isn’t some...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Aug 31, 20245 min read


"Rejection and Response"
Notice, they don’t call him a wonder worker. They ignore that he has just raised a little girl from the dead. They still see him as he...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Aug 17, 20246 min read


"Holy Family"
This ordinary boy from a small town, suddenly starts doing extraordinary things, saying never-before-heard things, calling an odd band of...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Aug 10, 20245 min read


"Jesus Picks a Fight"
There is a buzz around him! People are saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” And some begin asking questions about his way of...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Aug 3, 20244 min read
"Defiant: Zipporah"
Zipporah recognizes this God and knows what to do in response. How does she know this? Exodus 2:21-22 and 4:18-20, 24-26 July 28, 2024...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jul 27, 20246 min read


"Defiant: Seven sisters of Midian"
... maybe they didn’t need Moses’ help. Maybe they giggled at the way he drew water – more brute strength than efficient technique, but a...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jul 13, 20246 min read


"Defiant: Miriam"
We talked last week about what the princess was expected to do: obey the law that her father made to kill all the Hebrew baby boys....

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jul 6, 20245 min read


"Defiant: Bithiah"
Things changed one day when a baby washed up on the shore – a Hebrew boy, mere days old, drowned like a dead fish, floating like a piece...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jun 29, 20245 min read


"Defiant: Jochebed"
"...when Jochebed looked at her son, and saw that he was “good”, she decided to disobey Pharoah’s command. She did not immediately throw...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jun 22, 20245 min read


"Defiant: Shiphrah and Puah"
Old and wise, our defiant pair told him what he was already prepared to believe: “The Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; for they...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jun 15, 20245 min read


"The Gift of a Breath"
John’s account may not be as dramatic as Luke’s, but it is more intimate. He says Jesus breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
May 18, 20244 min read


"Bearing Witness"
It is necessary. Why? Because some people will not read the scriptures; some will not hear the sermons; some will not sing along with the...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
May 11, 20245 min read


"The Final I AM"
Jesus will not hoard the words his followers need to hear. He looks into their frightened eyes and tells them, “I am the vine, you are...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 27, 20246 min read


"Love Lost"
John cannot forget that on the last night with his disciples, his Lord gave his followers a commandment to love one another. It would...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 20, 20245 min read


"Grounded in blood and bone"
Let me say it again, he took on blood and bone in the incarnation and he remains formed of blood and bone after the resurrection. Luke...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 13, 20245 min read


"Center of the Storm"
It is easy to see the sin in others – the father who shouts abuse and throws things; the opponent who doesn’t see the world the way you...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 6, 20245 min read


"Resurrection Glue"
She did not abandon Jesus in his hour of need. She will not walk away now. But she is grieving. She is broken. And she is grasping at the...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 30, 20245 min read


"Choices"
John makes choices as he tells his version of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. The crowd makes choices – both to come into the city, and in...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 23, 20245 min read


"Time's Up"
When Jesus talks about the hour having come for the Son of Man to be glorified, about seeds and death (and life), about losing your life...

Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 16, 20245 min read
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