Within the Bible’s covenantal storyline, which Jesus knows well, he can confidently center his disciples’ faith in him precisely because he knows he is the divine Son. No doubt, the New Testament presents Jesus as a model of faith for us, but before we can model our faith after Jesus, Scripture commands us to trust... Continue Reading

As the Church confessed Christ as the only begotten divine Son of the Father, the Church rightly explained all that Scripture taught, namely that Jesus is Lord and Savior because he is God the Son incarnate. Although, the Nicene Creed employed a slightly different language to explain who Jesus is, such as homoousios (although most of it was directly from Scripture),... Continue Reading

Take heart, brothers and sisters. When the fears and doubts come rushing in. When the future looks bleak. The Lord knows where you are. The Lord sees your work for him. And the Lord isn’t finished with you yet.   It would be easy to think that the Apostle Paul never had the sort of... Continue Reading

I don’t want people to try to find shelter in a false God of their own making: a God who is gentle and lowly and nothing else. God is everything He says He is. And He has given His only Son to save sinners from His righteous wrath.   It has been rightly highlighted in... Continue Reading

Lady Wisdom is lonely, while Lady Folly feeds on us all. But at the same time, this passage has a seed of hope. It is filled with longing to find and know true wisdom, undefiled by sin. In a way, this passage longs for Christ, in whom “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and... Continue Reading

Teachers are forever finding new ways to categorise, summarise, and compartmentalise the many truths that make up the Christian life. But teachers run a great risk. When they are in the mode of rational analysis, they are not experiencing the things they teach.   Humans seem to be able to experience pleasure, or analyse our... Continue Reading

For the Christian, there is never a point of no return. God can restore the lost years eaten by locusts (Joel 2:25). That being said, things won’t magically turn around without concerted effort. Husbands, it starts with you. You are not your wife’s helper. God has not made you to help realize your wife’s vision... Continue Reading

If you are a believer, then the body of Christ needs YOU, and the specific gifts that God has given you. He has equipped you and called you to use your gifts and talents for the benefit of the church. Just like you need the encouragement, prayers, rebukes, etc. of others, they need those very... Continue Reading

“….You have taken hold of my right hand, with Your counsel You will guide me, and afterward receive me to glory” (Psalm 73:23b, 24).   Are you familiar with the story Asaph in Psalm 73? He was about to tell God’s people that being one of His people wasn’t all that special. There were those... Continue Reading

We are serving a God—the one, true God, to be exact—that is completely sovereign over his creation and is exalted about the heavens and the earth. But that same God who is exalted above all things also condescended to us in Jesus Christ to make himself known, to live a perfectly holy life, to die... Continue Reading