I saw “Leviticus 19” on the last page of a church bulletin and reached for my notebook, ready to defend grace. Then the pastor stood up and preached the backbone of the Law of Christ. Moses wrote the music down. Jesus played every note.
The Beautiful Burden of Obedience
Jesus gave commands with no exception clause: love one another, forgive seventy times seven, honor your father and mother, bless those who curse you. The world calls them naive. Around a fire, Peter asked how many times was enough, and Jesus answered with a single word. These are the beautiful burdens that form us into Christ, along with what they do, and do not, ask of the wounded.
Loved From Cover to Cover: 66 Books, One Message
Sixty-six books, forty writers, fifteen centuries. Discover why you are loved from cover to cover—and what the hard pages mean.
Fruit of the Spirit: The Quiet Work of the Spirit
The fruit of the Spirit is not a checklist to achieve but a life to receive. A devotional on the quiet way love grows in ordinary days.
Do You See This Woman? A Letter from the Physician
A physician’s letter retells the day Jesus touched the untouchable—the sinful woman, the demoniac, the bleeding woman—and named her “daughter.”
Forgiveness: The Last Stone No One Threw
They gathered to throw stones. Only One had the right — and He refused. A devotional on why grace and mercy are never finished until they forgive.
When You Take My Yoke Upon You
A pastoral exploration of Matthew 11:28–30 and the Law of Christ — the yoke of love that does not crush but carries. By Bruce Mitchell.
As You Are Going: The Great Commission Through the Law of Christ
Most people read the Great Commission as a performance quota. Through the Law of Christ, it becomes something entirely different — an invitation to love.
The Surprising Doorway: How the Beatitudes Open the Law of Christ
I didn’t meet the Beatitudes in a classroom. I met them in a waiting room — at Harborview, with a woman holding a paper cup like it was the only warm thing left in her life. And in that moment, I realized the Beatitudes are not a list of virtues to achieve. They are the doorway into the Law of Christ.
Have You Been Hurt By the Church? A Hospital for Sinners, Not a Courtroom
> A pastoral word for everyone wounded in church by legalism — and the grace of Christ that still says, “Neither do I condemn you.” Come and be carried home.
