MORALISM VS. GOSPEL
There's a rival to the gospel in the church that goes largely unnoticed. It's not another religious point of view. It's not a political situation. It's not popular culture. It's…
JESUS’ GENEALOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE & KINGLY DATING CONTROVERSIES
If you have ever read the books of 1 Kings and 2 Kings, you might have noticed that a significant portion of both of these books consists of dating the…
‘GOD LOVES YOU’ – WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
We have all heard that ‘God loves you’ before, right? Blah blah blah. We hear it so much that it hardly moves us at all (if it even moves at…
JESUS, AS SUFFER – 2 TIM. 2:1-7
In one of my seminary classes, I have been studying the letter of 2 Timothy, and I recently decidedly to write my final paper on one of the paragraphs in…
DIRECTION & JOY – PSALM 16
One of my favorite psalms--and quite possibly my favorite--is Psalm 16. Over the years, I have gone back to it many times. I go to it when I struggle with…
PROVIDENCE & PROMISE – THE HEAD & THE HEART
What do you do when it seems like there are incredible blessings that God has purposefully placed in your life, but it also seems like He is leading you to…
IS A CLEAR CONSCIENCE POSSIBLE?
How can a Christian have a clear conscience? Can anyone have a clear conscience for that matter? Everyone has done things and thought things in their past that they regret…
