Outside of Jesus we are all completely and utterly bankrupt, and it is not until we come to the place of embracing this that we can fully receive him. The Bible affirms this point of theology. The book of Joel starts out by talking about locusts...
Another great one from Oswald Chambers. And Abraham built an altar … and bound Isaac his son. Genesis 22:9. This incident is a picture of the blunder we make in thinking that the final thing God wants of us is the sacrifice of death. What God wants...
The Bible is full of commands. The most popular commands of scripture are the Ten Commandments. Anyone who went to Sunday School as a child were probably taught the Ten Commandments. There are other commands in the Bible as well. The Jewish...
Merry Christmas everyone. Today is another gem from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest. The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. The Spirit of God apprehends me and I am...
One of the reasons Isaiah is known as the “Prince of the Prophets” is because he foretold the coming of the Messiah more than any other prophet. His prophecies are even at the heart of the Christmas story in the Gospel according to Matthew. This...
For Christians, Christmas is all about the story of Jesus’ birth. It is the story of the birth of the most significance person in human history; the story of the birth of the King of the universe, the very Son of God, Creator of heaven and...
There was a criticism raise against my book by an amazon reviewer specifically on my treatment of the doctrine of election (and predestination). Here, NT Wright speaks to the criticism. With this, SFP never claims to have the scope to go into great...
The Christmas story reminds us of the great relief of innocence and humility. That Christ comes to us in the form of a soft, helpless, and innocent baby restores in our hearts the truth that God is more powerful than human manipulation, oppression...
No one simply stumbles onto Jesus. There are always signposts to Jesus. There is always someone (or something) pointing the way to Jesus. We see this in the birth narrative of Jesus. For the Maggi, it’s the star. Even the cosmos point the way...
Note to the Reader This post is longer than usual, but its length testifies to its importance. Jesus was born during a time of high political and racial tension. For starters, first-century Palestinian Jews were divided among themselves concerning...