By Dr. Scott Rodin | We have all received bad news. And it is certain we will receive more of it in the future. It might be the daily deluge of news reminding us of the growing ungodliness in our culture, the effects of sin in our society and the ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | This is a confession. In my unspoken desire to live with one foot in God’s kingdom and one in my own, I can find clever ways to make scripture fit my own perspectives. My eyes can read the clear intention in God’s word and yet ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | American Christians need to be washed in the blood of Christ if we are to experience a revival and reformation across our nation. What might that ‘washing’ might look like? This subject makes many Christians squeamish. After all, the mental image of washing something – ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world (John 17:24) Thought Before God shouted out across the darkness, “Let there ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified (John 17: 18-19). Thought The form of these two verses is striking. Jesus compares and equates his coming into ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | But now I am coming to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just ... read on

By Dr. Scott Rodin | I have revealed Your name to the ones whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have followed Your word.  Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave ... read on