DAILY READING Genesis 3:15 REFLECTION   The One and Only Plan By Dave Mann There is a curiously inaccurate theology floating around that goes something like this.  God tried to create a successful project with Adam and Eve, but oops, no, it didn’t work.  He tried with Noah, but oops, no, that didn’t work.  He tried with Moses and the Law, but oops, no, that didn’t work either.  So, he tried Jesus on the cross, and finally, he found something that worked.  Actually, God’s plan of the Cross has...

DAILY READING Colossians 1:18-20 REFLECTION By Dave Mann Preeminence Today’s passage contains beautiful descriptions of the divinity of Jesus Christ.  Here are various aspects of Christ’s divine nature found in these verses.   the head of the body, the church the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead in everything he has supremacy all God’s fullness dwells in Christ through Christ all things are reconciled to God peace-maker through his blood, shed on the cross   The third point...

DAILY READING Luke 9:23-25 REFLECTION   Challenges from Jesus By Dave Mann The is a narrative about the Old Testament and Jesus floating around our society.  It goes something like this: “The God of the Old Testament is hard, mean, and demanding.  However, Jesus is nice, gentle, and kind.”  But if we take the time to read the New Testament, we will find that Jesus can be quite challenging as well.  Take today’s reading for example.   Jesus offers some stern words to his disciples.  The word...