The opening chapter of the book of Exodus presents a problem. It’s not just any problem, it’s a big problem. The entire family of God, the chosen people, are being held captive in Egypt by the most power person alive at the time...
I love the story of when Jesus heals the paralytic in Mark 2:1–12. In this story, Jesus’ popularity has grown to the point where there are so many people coming to see him that the paralytic and his friends cannot get to him. The crowds are...
Many of you may not know that Sidewalk Prophets played a benefit concert for Emmaus Biblical Seminary of Haiti (where I serve as the president). Here’s my wife’s blog on the event. It was an awesome night.
From My Utmost for His Highest; July 30 (Oswald Chambers, emphasis original) Jesus did not commit Himself unto them … for He knew what was in man. John 2:24–25 Disillusionment means that there are no more false judgments in life. To be undeceived by...
Often times in scripture (especially in the Old Testament), there is an altar associated with worship (Gen 8:20–22, 12:6–8, 13:18, 22:9, 26:25, 33:20, 35:1–3; Ex 27:1–8, 30:1–10; Deut 27:4–8; Josh 8:30–31; Judges 6:24–27; 1 Sam 14:33–35; Mt...
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship (Rom 12:1). Service and sacrifice is a form of worship. This verse refers back to...
Another excellent biblical example of worship we find in Matthew 28:9. It reads: And behold, Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. We know that God alone deserves to...
One of the greatest examples of worship inside of the Scriptures is Isaiah 6. It’s not the prophet himself that does the worshipping (at least it’s not recorded that Isaiah worshipped God in the moment of the revelation), rather, it is...
Without trying to be too critical, I want to recount an experience I had tonight as well as a remedy for the issue represented therein. I attended a big church (1000+ attendance) tonight and they were launching a sermon series on worship...
Sanctification is a hard thing. It’s an intimidating thing. The word itself essentially means “the process of becoming holy”. One of the issues with this definition, however, is the lack of clarity that many have regarding the...