The Magnificat is a powerful prayer of divine reversal, where Mary proclaims God's justice for the oppressed and mercy for the humble....

Lighthouse Beatitudes When Liberator saw the crowd, he went up a mountain and sat down to encourage his people. He opened his mouth and...

'For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.' At Lighthouse, we say these words together — sometimes...

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil At Lighthouse, this line of the Lord’s Prayer carries weight. It’s prayed by those...

Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us Each Sunday at Lighthouse, after we’ve prayed for the kingdom to come, after...

Give us this day our daily bread Each Sunday at Lighthouse, after cries for the kingdom to come, we move to the next line of the prayer...

Each Sunday at Lighthouse, after a burst of heart-felt, honest, and holy prayer — the kind that comes when people have nothing left to...

The incarnation—the advent and arrival of the God-Man, Jesus—unfolded in a time of escalating turmoil, as the Jewish nation hurtled...

The urban street communities, the drinkers & drifters, the beggars & broken, the addicts & abused, are those who have and continue to be...

For some, Jesus serves as the welcoming facade of the Christian faith. Maybe we first encountered him in Sunday school or felt his impact...

A few decades after the crucifixion of Jesus, a profound transformation occurred. The Jewish world descended into chaos, society...

“ God calls for order in the court, hauls the leaders of his people into the dock: “You’ve played havoc with this country.Your houses are...

This is an evolving blog post. Do check back for updates. In the resurrection of Jesus, the God-Man penniless preacher from Nazareth, the...

‘And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will...

Jesus was a heretic. I now have your attention, for how can a Christian theological educator and church leader have the audacity to claim...

Jesus answered, 'My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might...

Introduction Step into the gritty reality of first-century Judea, where the rich lived in opulence while the poor barely survived. This...

“Stones and Grace: Jesus Breaks the Chains of Condemnation” Bible Passage: John 8:3-11 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought...

Breaking Barriers: The Church and the Power of Disruptive Faith"- Matthew 9:1-7 Jesus wasn’t always the crowd favorite. In one story from...

Jesus is unusual, strange, and unsettling—a stranger, an enigma, and a mystery to both contemporary secular and religious sensibilities....