The question “who is Jesus?” is a significant one. The Bible, especially the New Testament, presents the answer to this question throughout. Understanding the identity of Jesus Christ is not just an exercise in philosophical speculation or religious scholarship however. It is a question with eternal implications for each and every person. One can either …
One Like a Son of Man: The Identity of Jesus in Revelation 1 Read More »
How can we be sure that we are saved? This is an important and sometimes challenging question for Christians. We are saved by grace through faith alone but sometimes our indwelling sin continues to harass us on the road to holiness and we struggle with knowing for sure that we are saved. I believe this …
“By This We Know”: Assurance of Faith in John’s Epistles Read More »
In Zechariah 3, God makes a glorious promise about the forgiveness of His people’s sin. There is much to encourage us in this passage in our fight against sin and the condemnation of the devil. This article will walk through Zechariah 3 and examine how we can apply it today. The Context of Zechariah 3 …
“I Will Remove the Iniquity”: An Exposition of Zechariah 3 Read More »
What is the significance of the Ascension? Today, it seems that evangelical protestant theology has largely neglected the doctrine of Christ’s ascension. After all, the actual passages that speak of the resurrected Christ leaving earth to return to heaven in glory are few and short on details (Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:9-11, Mark 16:19). Essentially, the …
The body of Christ is one body. It has many members but it is not many bodies. It is a matter of “many” making up “one”. As I wrote about last week, the oneness and unity of Christ’s body, the Church, is a central part of our identity as the people of God. God’s kingdom …
Human worth, from a Christian perspective, is rooted in the identity of humans as image-bearers of God. We are told in the very first chapter of the Bible that: Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over …
What Does It Mean to Be Made in the Image of God? Read More »
After a month-long break, we pick up again with the third of Isaiah’s Servant Songs in Isaiah 50:4-9. The Lord God has given methe tongue of those who are taught,that I may know how to sustain with a wordhim who is weary.Morning by morning he awakens;he awakens my earto hear as those who are taught. …
“But the Lord GOD Helps Me” (Isaiah’s Servant Songs Pt. 3) Read More »
The themes of the book of Genesis are many. There are many threads that one can trace through the narrative that tie the book together. One that I want to focus on in this article is the theme of enmity and reconciliation between brothers. This theme of enmity between brothers hits us almost right out …
Interpretations of Revelation 20 abound. This chapter of the Bible may be the most widely and intensely debated passage of Scripture. It is from the reference to “one thousand years” that the notion of a Millennium comes from and with it the various millennial positions: premillennialism, postmillennialism, and amillennialism, in all their various forms. Due …
In the last article on Isaiah’s Servant Songs, we examined Isaiah 42 and the Servant of YHWH who is chosen and called to bring light to the nations. In this installment, we will examine Isaiah 49:1-7 which further develops this prophecy of the LORD’s Servant. Listen to me, O coastlands,and give attention, you peoples from …
Commission and Conquest (Isaiah’s Servant Songs Pt. 2) Read More »
