Jesus, the Philosopher of the Good Life
The Good Life: Part 3 The Question Nobody Is Asking Here’s a question many men have never been asked: What did Jesus come to teach you about how to live? Not how to avoid hell. Not which rules to follow. Not which box to check on the way to a Sunday morning service. What did […]
Glory on the Mountain
Matthew 17: Glory and the Grind (1) Pray Psalm 93.1, 2.The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty;The LORD is clothed,He has girded Himself with strength.Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved.Your throne is established from of old;You are from everlasting. Sing Psalm 93.1, 2.Trinity: Come, Thou Almighty KingThe LORD in majesty reigns, girded and clothed in strength! Earth stands secure: […]
The Acorn and Its Fruit
Cowper on Paul on Preaching (8) Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law. Romans 3.31 There stands the messenger of truth; there standsThe legate of the skies!—His theme divine,His office sacred, his credentials clear.By him the violated law speaks outIts thunders; and by him, in […]
Culmination of the Covenant
We’ve seen God’s covenant unfolding throughout the Old Testament. In the New Testament that covenant realizes is fullest expression. Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on page 44: “In the New Testament, the covenant God had entered with His people, and the Kingdom He had promised from the days of Jacob […]
Is God Reasonable?
God and Reason (3) “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD… Isaiah 1.18 AssumptionsFor our purposes, examining this and the other questions we will consider in this series from the perspective of a Christian worldview, we will make certain assumptions consistent with our faith as foundational to our inquiry. And in doing so, we […]
The Real World
Nahum 1:1–5 (NKJV) The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. God is jealous, and the LORD avenges;The LORD avenges and is furious.The LORD will take vengeance on His adversaries,And He reserves wrath for His enemies;The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,And will not at all acquit the wicked. The LORD has His wayIn the whirlwind and in the storm,And the clouds are the dust of His feet.He rebukes the […]