Christians are Temporarily Strange People
We are on the road to the true city, and we are already citizens there. And until we get there, we will always feel that sense of strangeness, like we are always just a little out of place.
Even though we might be considered strange now, and even judged because we think and act differently, the world is not the final judge. There is another judgment coming. And that judgment, in a sense, is going to bring about what is real normalcy. Because the way we think? The way we act? These are... Continue Reading
Neither Forward nor Backward
Whether looking forward, backward, or to today, as Christians are eyes to be trained first and foremost on our Lord and Savior.
We are to look to the saints that have come before, the great cloud of witnesses. We are to battle sin in our flesh today and look forward to the finish line. And who is that finish line? Jesus himself, who has come before us, stands with us today, and stands in front of us.... Continue Reading
A Healing Kingdom
"Thy Kingdom Come" Session 6 - Forgiveness
We are to forgive others as God in Christ has forgiven us. We forgive as an expression of the kingdom and in the power of the kingdom. Freely dispensing the healing properties of forgiveness is one of the ways we seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness. We look to overlook offenses and give... Continue Reading
Have You Thought Much About the Urim and Thummim?
They seem to be part of the breastplate worn by the high priest of Israel.
God revealed Himself using the Urim and Thummim and did other things that are hard for us to believe today. God spoke from a burning bush (Exodus 3). He parted the Red Sea (Exodus 14). He made the sun stand still (Joshua 10). He allowed a donkey to talk (Numbers 22). The Urim and Thummim fade... Continue Reading
Frustration, Anger, and God’s Election
Seeing the Blessings of Predestination in Dealing with the Trials of Life
Predestination and election are not a result of the Fall, of Adam’s sin. As Romans 9 makes clear the Father’s designs for Jacob and Esau had nothing to do with who they became. They became who they were, one elect the other rebrobate, before anything was done by them. The more we mine the beauty... Continue Reading
The Word that Cannot be Bound Offers Hope that Cannot Fail
The world cannot stop God’s Word.
God’s Word is true and cannot be bound. God’s Word gives us a sure and certain hope for our future. That hope means, though we might suffer for it now, we have good reason to press on because we’ll be vindicated in the end. We might faithfully speak God’s truth but where people believe... Continue Reading
6 Amazing Parallels Between Exodus and the Gospel of John
Six events from God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt that point us to our ultimate deliverance in Jesus Christ.
Believe in Jesus for eternal life. To reject him is to miss what the whole Bible is about, especially Israel’s deliverance from Egypt as recorded in Exodus, which the entire Old Testament celebrated. Jesus is salvation sent from heaven—our bread, our water, our life, our law-keeper, our everything—there is no other name given by which... Continue Reading
Broken Cisterns
We are told to walk by the Spirit, but how often have you found yourself walking by the flesh?
To forsake God for other things is wicked. We must always remember, “it is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all” (John 6:63). We must be aware that apart from Christ, we can do nothing (John 15:5). He alone is the fountain of living waters, and anything else is a... Continue Reading
Follow the Truth, Not Your Heart
How can humans gain control over their faulty desires?
The Christian worldview teaches that the heart is deceitfully wicked and that transformation happens when our minds are conformed to the truth. According to the New Age worldview, the mind is a trickster, so we should follow our hearts. This is a complete inversion of the truth. The New Age teaches the opposite of Christianity... Continue Reading
Changing the Bible?
Responding to a blog post: Christ fulfilled the law, he didn't change it.
The author of the article states ,”Although it makes me uncomfortable, I can’t get away from the nagging feeling that Jesus is appealing to a truth that is higher and deeper and, dare I say, truer, than scripture. My evangelical and inerrantist roots cringe at putting those last three words together: “truer than scripture.” And... Continue Reading
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