Will Vaus

G. K. Beale, in his book   We Become What We Worship , wrote:   “What people revere, they resemble, either for ruin or for restoration.” Palm Sunday is about worship, the great need of this hour and every hour. The question is: what or who are we going to worship, and how is that worship going to change us and define us?  Luke’s account of the first Palm Sunday has some important things to teach us about worship. Let us see what Luke has to say in chapter 19, verses 28 through 48… After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it.’” So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they were unt...

Listen for God’s word to you from 1 Corinthians 7:17-24…   Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.  Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.   Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts.   Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.   You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. Brothers and sisters, each person, as...

A woman was watching her granddaughter play with her dolls one day. At one point the little girl staged a wedding. First, she played the role of the bride’s mother, assigning duties to everyone; then she suddenly became the bride with a teddy-bear groom. The little girl picked up the teddy bear and then said to the minister presiding over the wedding: “Now you may read us our rights.” Without missing a beat, the little girl then took the role of the minister and said, “You have the right to remain silent, anything you say may be held against you; you have the right to have an attorney present. You may kiss the bride.” What an amazing perspective on marriage in our society today! Out of the mouths of babes! Sadly, many start out marriage these days already anticipating the possibility of needing an attorney present at some time in the future to execute a divorce. The New Testament invites us to think in a different way about marriage. Listen for God’s word to you from 1 Corinthians 7:10...