Israel has made a show of contrition the way an alcoholic would, begging and pleading for forgiveness and grace, while still in bondage to the inner cravings of the flesh. Today will be a candid discussion of her need for rehab of a spiritual nature.  Read More

Fasting can be an outward appearance of a contrite heart that is actually driven by wrong thinking and motives. Israel misses the mark, and the LORD takes her to task for it.  Read More

What makes for peace in a kingdom? Who enters the kingdom and on what grounds? Chapters 56 delve into a comparison of law-abiding citizens and lawless one.  Read More

Isaiah 56 sets up a comparison between the law-abiding and the lawless. Isaiah 57 carries on in the same thread with a comparison between the righteous who find peace and the wicked idolators who don’t. How does this picture create a model for the End Times?  Read More

How do you define abundant life? In this phase of God’s Highway Project, God begins to straighten out the crooked places by challenging His people to consider His vision of ideal life and how to achieve it.   Read More

When a victim has suffered shame and humiliation at the hands of an oppressor, facing conviction for her own sin and fruitless past can be an overwhelming obstacle to experiencing God's grace and blessing. Shame is the stumbling block God addresses today in Isaiah 54.  Read More

In Isaiah 53, the sin-bearing Servant steps up to do His part of God's Highway Project. How do we take comfort in His sacrifice? How do we share in it?  Read More

We have become so skeptical in life. We get bombarded daily by ad campaigns, advice columnists, and health gurus telling us that they have the “miracle” solution to our ills and problems, and for the most part we tune them out. They sound too good to be true, anyway. So, we turn the channel, ignore the flashing ads on websites, and throw the mailers in the trash. But what if, in the middle of all ...  Read More

Have you ever faced a furious person who is raging with an almost poisonous anger or indignation? It's pretty scary. Scary enough to make you want to do anything to appease them. What happens when the furious person is God?  Read More

Even strong believers can still grapple with despair. Knowing this from His own experience, the Servant delivers His strategy to strengthen the righteous who are struggling to stand against an angry world and maintain perspective.  Read More

God can move heaven and earth, but He can't seem to reach the heart of His despairing people to comfort them. Who will intercede? Perhaps she will listen to the wisdom of one who has struggled as she has.  Read More

Despair is a stumbling block that serves the purpose of bringing a person to the end of a reliance on themself and prompting a return to God. Hope comforts despair, but what happens when a person refuses God's comfort and chooses instead the comfort of self-pity?   Read More