Seeing What You Have as Something That Doesn’t Belong to You
All that we have is a gift from God.
If we know the real owner of all we have, it makes a massive difference to how we approach life….God has blessed all of his children so richly. Let’s use what we have been entrusted with well and enthusiastically for His glory! Have you ever borrowed someone’s car or looked after their house while... Continue Reading
Exodus 1-15: “The Great Escape”
Our covenant-keeping God is willing to rescue helpless people like us who are unable to rescue ourselves.
At the beginning of the book of Exodus it might appear that God’s covenant promises to Abraham have amounted to nothing. However it is on the basis of these promises that God brings his people out of Egypt (2:23-25; 6:1-6). In doing this he reveals his character as being one who is absolutely faithful to... Continue Reading
If God Speaks
One voice that changes everything.
God’s speech is a central emphasis in the book of Hebrews. In Hebrews, God speaks, says, testifies, proclaims, calls, promises, vows, warns, reproves, and declares. Again and again, Hebrews refers to God’s word, his promise, his oath, his spoken word, and his voice. Something that’s amazing to track in Hebrews is who speaks to whom. First,... Continue Reading
Don’t Think about Pink Elephants: When Gay Conservatives Go Rogue on Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christians may have enjoyed the shade of Pink Elephants for some time, but be in no doubt that those trunks and feet will stampede at some stage and the results will not be pretty.
If the chief end of you is you – then there can be no telos beyond that. Sure a conservative vision of what that looks like may fit your framework a whole lot more snugly and neatly than a progressive vision, but really, who is to say? Who can challenge you on that? That’s why, as... Continue Reading
The Second Coming as Foretold in the Book of Acts
May you spend your ever-waking moments serving the King who brought this end-time Kingdom to the world.
When I say that the second coming occurred during the same time described in the book of Acts, I am sure to provoke a few knee-jerk reactions. Today, we have been conditioned to believe the second coming happens in the future when Jesus raptures away the Church from the world. This event, as the left... Continue Reading
Original Sin: A Tool for Decoding Human Nature
As one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
The “twists and turns” of the human condition, and the contradictions of history, become more understandable when we realize that human beings do not enter into this world inherently and entirely good (as the Pelagians taught), nor so corrupt that their natures can never be rectified (as some ancient gnostics taught), but as creatures originally... Continue Reading
How to Get over Your Fear of Psalm 119
Try reading Psalm 119 – not as an expression of love for the law of God – but as an expression of love for the Son of God.
Psalm 119 takes on fresh beauty and life when we begin to read the Psalm, not just as a script of general devotion to God, but as a script of particular devotion to Christ. The way to do this is by inserting the name of Christ each time we read of testimonies, of laws, or... Continue Reading
Theological Language and the Fatherhood of God: An Exegetical and Dogmatic Account
Father is a divine name predicated of God properly, not figuratively.
The fact that Father is a personal name for the first person of the Trinity, grounded as it is in the biblically revealed doctrine of eternal generation, further cements the argument that Father is a name predicated properly of God. God is a Father eternally as the source of the eternal and uncreated Son. Thus,... Continue Reading
Debunking Popular Christmastime Myths: Temple Shepherds, Migdal Eder, and Swaddling Lambs
As we prepare to celebrate our Lord’s birth, let’s do so with reverence for the truth.
The account of our Lord’s nativity, in its biblical and first-century Jewish context, is rich enough without seeking to supplement it with the counterfeit currency of legend. Stick to the facts. The biblical background of Bethlehem, David, the virgin, the angels, shepherds, and all the various details from the Evangelists have deep roots in the... Continue Reading
How Was Circumcision a Sign of the Covenant?
Christ became a curse for us so that we might become the recipients of the covenant blessings by faith in Him (see Gal. 3:10–14).
Circumcision carried the promise of judgment for those who broke covenant with God. If someone rejected the covenant sign, he was rejecting the covenant Lord of the sign. If someone rejected the covenant Lord, he or she would incur the judgment of God. The act of “cutting” formed the signatory element of circumcision. The cutting... Continue Reading
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