After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” (Matthew 2:13) I don’t [...]

Be joyful in hope, persevere in hardship, keep praying regularly. (Romans 12:12) A little “throwaway” verse in Romans 12 continues to haunt me. I’m not sure why; it’s nothing dramatic. It’s brief and easy to read past. In fact, it’s precisely the kind of verse I do not usually pay a lot of attention to [...]