Spiritual disciplines play a central role in the life of the Christian. The practice of spiritual disciplines is the place where rubber meets the road when it comes to the actual transformation of the believer as the result of faith. It is through...
There are times when God asks us to do things we don’t want to do. We see this all throughout the Scriptures. Moses is a perfect example of this. God called Moses to go back into Egypt to be his mouthpiece and lead the deliverance from Egyptian...
Matthew 24:13 “But the one who endures until the end will be saved.” By the grace of God, I’ve never had too much trouble believing in Jesus as my Savior. Maybe it’s because I was introduced to the Gospel of Jesus at a young age, but believing in...
The Old Testament book of 1 Kings starts out with the a dying King David, and two parties fighting for succession rights to the throne of Israel. There is Adonijah’s party and Solomon’s party. Both parties believe their candidate should be king, and...
[This post needs a preface. America and biblical Israel are not the same. We do not follow the Gospel of God and Country. We follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ and God’s covenant people is the church, not America. However, there are similarities...
Our language and rhetoric reveal our burdens, passions, and priorities. Interestingly, the language in social media surrounding the election is quite passionate. When I hop on Facebook or Twitter, I see that people are infuriated, frustrated, angry...
Have you ever thought about the simple fact that people respond to Jesus very differently? There are those today who love him and willingly die for him, there are others who hate him and wish they never heard the name again, and then there are those...
Have you ever noticed that the Old Testament is significantly longer than the New Testament? In fact, counting by books alone, the Old Testament makes up 59% of the Bible. Counting overall content (which counts for book length), the Old Testament...
But we need to remind ourselves to whom Paul’s great letter was sent. Looming up behind the various discussions of why Romans was written is an issue not usually noticed. Paul was coming to Rome with the gospel message of Jesus the Jewish...
I mentioned in this post that the Bible compares Jesus and the Church to a married couple. I noted that the points of comparison between the two are deep love and commitment (self-sacrificing love and commitment). This isn’t the only metaphor the...