Jun 4, 2018 | Christian Living, The Bible
Reading Time: 3 minutes I know a man who attends a small group at a large church in a huge city. He is curious about the Christian faith, but he hasn’t yet committed his life to Christ. When asked why he hesitates, the man answers, “I’m not ready to give up my life.”...
Oct 19, 2015 | Christian Living, Psalms, The Bible
The notion of the Lord as our Shepherd and we His people as His sheep is a common idea in Scripture. Most of these shepherd images may be grouped into one of two contexts. God Brought His Flock Out of Egypt First, the Lord is the shepherd who brought Israel His flock...
Oct 7, 2015 | Christian Living, Psalms, The Bible
Psalm 24 is called a Psalm of Ascent. It leads us upward to the hill of the Lord, to the high place where the temple is built upon a rock. Pay attention to the ways in which you, the reader, are led upward toward the throne of God as you read this Psalm. After the...
Jul 9, 2015 | Psalms, The Bible
Jesus’ mind was so completely immersed in the Psalms that they were His life—both His inner life and His historical life. The Psalms taught Him His mission, how His life was to play out. Of course, you can’t divide up the Old Testament as if one passage wasn’t...
Dec 31, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture, The Bible, Theology
There’s so much more to the Christian faith than simply dying and going to heaven. You see, heaven is not yet finished. We have in our minds the notion that heaven is already completed and perfected, but that’s really not the way the story is told in Scripture. The...
